# Ambiguous replies

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ambiguous-replies/104606>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ambiguous-replies/104606 "2018-12-19T01:04:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![abrambailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/abrambailey/32/119786_2.png) [@abrambailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abrambailey)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ambiguous-replies/104606/1 "2018-12-19T01:04:54Z")

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I’m not sure if this is a new issue or something that has only recently come to my attention, but it seems that the little “In Reply To” area is not shown when someone replies to the most recent post on a thread. Basically, the thing in the red circle below only appears when you reply to an earlier post in the thread.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/b/eb1a0e28410a560fdd90e759d40c4d4d8d724ed3.png)

A couple questions:

1. How do we differentiate a generic thread reply from a reply specifically to the last post on the thread?
2. How do emails / notifications work in cases of a generic thread reply versus a reply to the last post on the thread?

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