# "Body too Similar" Compares Posts and Message

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-too-similar-compares-posts-and-message/231089>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [June 25, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-too-similar-compares-posts-and-message/231089 "2022-06-25T12:57:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-too-similar-compares-posts-and-message/231089/4 "2022-06-26T08:28:19Z")

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I’m a big fan of the ‘pm-as-draft-message’ approach, and have had a number of these warnings too. Perhaps I have been too accepting of the status quo. 🙂 I don’t know how popular this workflow is, so we may be in the minority, but we could make this a #Contribute > Feature request?

Alternatively, on a more minimal scale, a #Contribute > UX approach could be to include more information in the warning message (eg. “Body is too similar to what you recently posted. Try again in `%{unique posts mins}`”). This may at least emphasise that it’s time-based and only a temporary restriction (though possibly undermining the intent?).

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