# Distinguish private messages from posts?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinguish-private-messages-from-posts/51468>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [2016 年 10 月 12 日午後 9:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinguish-private-messages-from-posts/51468 "2016-10-12T21:12:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [2016 年 10 月 12 日午後 10:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinguish-private-messages-from-posts/51468/4 "2016-10-12T22:08:27Z")

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But the archetype is on the topic, not on the post.

I just tried a new PM on my dev instance and the archetype is `private_message`.

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