# Reply and PM should be siblings

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-and-pm-should-be-siblings/117048>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [5월 7, 2019, 10:16오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-and-pm-should-be-siblings/117048 "2019-05-07T10:16:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [5월 7, 2019, 10:45오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-and-pm-should-be-siblings/117048/3 "2019-05-07T10:45:03Z")

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> [@Mark\_Schmucker](#):
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> Our users seem to confuse “Reply” with PM, so that some posts which should better be private are made public, and clutter the conversation

This is a general malaise and I suspect nothing to do with the UI. It’s a bad habit on the part of users who get off topic.

The solution is to actively moderate and push the offending posts into a private message. That is less extreme than deleting and at the same time you get your point across hopefully.

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