# Automated PM for flagged posts displays user participants inconsistently
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [2015年十二月4日 14:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328 "2015-12-04T14:44:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [2015年十二月4日 14:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328/1 "2015-12-04T14:44:18Z")
So @Falco flagged a post and I acted on it, which results in a PM with an original sender and a reply from a moderator.
Here’s what I see on my end:
[ ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/7/0703332a00b3415227c72e421c9cb3abf1ed24e2.png)
Here’s what he sees on his end:
[ ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/b/1b8fe0f3a2b8befacf5541a4b0f1aade5bcfc5c8.png)
That doesn’t seem right.
p.s. Especially with the advent of improved [group mentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-mentions-and-messages/36228), should a Group also be listed as a participant in the user list? Before any individual moderator has acted on the PM, this is a PM between `@userX` and `@moderators`.
I think treating Moderators as just another user to list in the participants list makes sense as a way to see at a glance who can see this message.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年十二月4日 21:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328/2 "2015-12-04T21:25:43Z")
There is a hidden feature request here that I very much agree with
Allow us to specify an avatar for a group
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [2015年十二月5日 10:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328/3 "2015-12-05T10:52:26Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> Allow us to specify an avatar for a group
That was my idea all along. :badpokerface:
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [2015年十二月5日 20:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328/4 "2015-12-05T20:08:45Z")
I’m having a hard time visualizing how a group could be represented by an avatar.
Seems using group names would take up space while avatars would need to be recognizable (more icons?)
Got a mock-up?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2015年十二月5日 22:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328/5 "2015-12-05T22:09:58Z")
Consider a professional (American) football team. There’s a group identified by a logo, the one on their helmets, yes? Whereas the individual people would be identified by their player numbers on their jerseys, or an avatar of their faces?
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [2015年十二月5日 22:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328/6 "2015-12-05T22:18:05Z")
maybe should groups have ‘user cards’ too someday?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年十二月5日 22:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328/7 "2015-12-05T22:21:02Z")
Yeah we discussed that, It will be handy there is a lot of overlap between users and groups conceptually.
An avatar, a little story about the group, interactions with the group (messaging the group)
A card is totally on the cards 😉