# "reply to this message" goes nowhere?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-this-message-goes-nowhere/399477
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** fixed
**Created:** [March 27, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-this-message-goes-nowhere/399477 "2026-03-27T23:12:46Z")
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### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-this-message-goes-nowhere/399477/1 "2026-03-27T23:12:46Z")

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When you request revision on a post, the user gets a DM like this from the system:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/9/3/a93800d45ea1def45cff699dceeaf05c21d355e7.png)

The message says to reply if the user has questions but it is just a thread with @system. When the user replies it seems like it is just sent to the void of system’s inbox, no admin notifications or changes to the reviewable.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/4/9/d49b9eff9faf30225c1b5cee8f7efcf95eb54d6f.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/e/9/8e91af6e6f6a86fc041473b5dadbe94676699d5c.jpeg)

This is sort of trivial but I think it would make sense to either notify the admin in some way, include `@moderators` in the automated message, or remove the string entirely.

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-this-message-goes-nowhere/399477/2 "2026-03-31T23:27:59Z")

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Good catch! This issue is related to the site setting `site_contact_username` and `site_contact_group_name` — when either are set, they’re who would be included on these messages. But when they’re not, it falls back to system, which is a dead end if no one is monitoring it.

The simplest thing to do would not include that info about the reply in the case when a contact isn’t set.

So when a contact user/group is set it says:

> You can edit your original post below and re-submit to make the suggested changes, or reply to this message if you have any questions.

And when one’s not set, it’s just:

> You can edit your original post below and re-submit to make the suggested changes.

I’ve opened a PR to do this here:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/39022](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/39022)

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### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-this-message-goes-nowhere/399477/3 "2026-04-03T23:28:45Z")

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