# Simpler email subject lines **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/simpler-email-subject-lines/395927 **Category:** Announcements **Tags:** email **Created:** [April 24, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simpler-email-subject-lines/395927 "2026-04-24T11:29:12Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![one1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/one1/32/493591_2.png) [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1) #### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simpler-email-subject-lines/395927/5 "2026-04-29T14:31:34Z")
Personally I find the UI difference between PMs and public posts on the website to be far too small. They are basically identical. I suppose that’s a different design issue. But in my email interface, once I am reading there is nothing else telling me that the message is from a PM and not a public post. And if someone contacts me using the message button in a public thread, then the email subject line will by default be identical to the public thread title, except for the addition of “Re:” which in email land doesn’t mean anything other than that it is a reply. But I guess your question is really about if it matters if I know if someone is sending me something that is just between me and them, or if I am reading something that is between me, them, and the whole internet. Personally I’m not in the habit of replying by email, but If I was, I would want the distinction to be very, very clear. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simpler-email-subject-lines/395927)._