# Redirect / convert post from Pending Approval to Direct Message?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** approval\
**Created:** [Novembro 19, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781 "2015-11-19T05:55:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 5, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781/7 "2016-01-05T04:19:52Z")

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Probably fine to add a “reply as personal message” button which converts the pending post into a new PM and then launches the staff member into a reply. But who is the personal message to? A group, which would be hella noisy, or to the individual who punched the button? I think you need to spec out more how this would actually work in practice, step by step.

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