# "Sorry, you have no access to that topic!" after mod converts a topic into a personal message

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-you-have-no-access-to-that-topic-after-mod-converts-a-topic-into-a-personal-message/121411 "2019-06-26T16:26:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ale\_m](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ale_m/32/204917_2.png) [@ale\_m](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ale_m)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-you-have-no-access-to-that-topic-after-mod-converts-a-topic-into-a-personal-message/121411/4 "2019-06-27T15:09:42Z")

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Sorry, what do you mean with “If you weren’t part of the topic”? The post I made into a DM was originally the first post in a public thread, so I did have access to it 🤔

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