# Sending a DM to a user via a post no longer populates title and topic link **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-dm-to-a-user-via-a-post-no-longer-populates-title-and-topic-link/207424 **Category:** Support **Created:** [October 28, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-dm-to-a-user-via-a-post-no-longer-populates-title-and-topic-link/207424 "2021-10-28T16:47:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin) #### Post date: [October 28, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-dm-to-a-user-via-a-post-no-longer-populates-title-and-topic-link/207424/2 "2021-10-28T17:21:59Z")
It was reported before. > [@Reference to topic when messaging gone?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reference-to-topic-when-messaging-gone/199630): > > In the past when you click a users avatar to message them there would be a reference to the topic in the message, has this been removed? I didn’t see a mention in the release notes but I may have missed it. I used this all the time and bummed to see it gone, hope it’s a bug! I miss the autofil too --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-dm-to-a-user-via-a-post-no-longer-populates-title-and-topic-link/207424)._