# Back-end allows moderators to use merge/move posts to private message, but front-end does not

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-end-allows-moderators-to-use-merge-move-posts-to-private-message-but-front-end-does-not/166218
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 4, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-end-allows-moderators-to-use-merge-move-posts-to-private-message-but-front-end-does-not/166218 "2020-10-04T21:17:36Z")
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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-end-allows-moderators-to-use-merge-move-posts-to-private-message-but-front-end-does-not/166218/3 "2020-10-05T07:16:39Z")

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The decision to not show “move to new PM” option for moderators was made explicitly in:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dc2776bcddc07e69e5a4ab92526f6238f3a5ccd7](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dc2776bcddc07e69e5a4ab92526f6238f3a5ccd7)

This is because the moderators do not have permission to see PMs and the relevant code will fail at:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/310952fd6a2fb74127175486bb0d6723640a274d/app/models/post_mover.rb#L66>

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