# Move posts to private conversation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-posts-to-private-conversation/63007>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [19 Maggio 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-posts-to-private-conversation/63007 "2017-05-19T12:02:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [24 Maggio 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-posts-to-private-conversation/63007/2 "2017-05-24T21:02:44Z")

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That is just a bit too fringe and complicated. In the very rare case that this happens, I would just:

- Copy/quote the post in full
- Delete the public post
- Paste my copy/quote into a PM with that poster.

> [@tophee](#):
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> My use case is the following: people keep responding to topics by replying to the email they received, not realizing that their reply will be public.

Why is this happening? Any way you could set clearer expectations?

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