# System posts: - " LEFT THIS MESSAGE X MINS AGO"
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 11, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807 "2017-12-11T03:59:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/1 "2017-12-11T03:59:39Z")
What causes this system message to be posted:
```
@USER LEFT THIS MESSAGE X MINS AGO
```
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/2 "2017-12-11T04:21:04Z")
The system message is created when a user in the PM leaves the PM.
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### Author:  [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/3 "2017-12-11T06:36:52Z")
ahhh. Okay. Thanks.
Would probably be better to say
- “@User unsubscribed from this Personal Message X minutes ago” or,
- “@User departed from this message X minutes ago”
Because “User left this message” sounds like it’s confirming when they wrote a message.
“Leaving a message” doesn’t usually refer to someone departing.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/4 "2017-12-11T07:04:28Z")
Oh I see, it’s unintentionally ambiguous. I can support that. @techAPJ let’s change it to
> {user} removed themselves from this message {time} minutes ago
“removed themselves” isn’t great, but I surely can’t say himself/herself and I can’t think of a shorter way to state it, though?
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### Author:  [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/5 "2017-12-11T08:01:27Z")
Maybe:
```
{user} exited {time} minutes ago
```
or
```
{user} left {time} minutes ago
```
Those are both pretty short and convey that someone has departed.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/6 "2017-12-11T09:19:05Z")
Not quite the right message, though. Exit does not equal “removed self from”.
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### Author:  [@sau226](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sau226)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/7 "2017-12-11T11:53:55Z")
Maybe something along the lines of `{user} removed themselves from this conversation {time}
minutes ago`.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/8 "2017-12-11T12:39:25Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
>
> let’s change it to
>
> > {user} removed themselves from this message {time} minutes ago
Done via
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/39d0dae5febca39c87568dff17c4215e1351d123](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/39d0dae5febca39c87568dff17c4215e1351d123)
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/9 "2017-12-11T12:41:52Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
>
> “removed themselves” isn’t great, but I surely can’t say himself/herself and I can’t think of a shorter way to state it, though?
“left this conversation” is would make the most sense, wouldn’t it? They’re not leaving a message, they’re dropping out of an entire thread.
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### Author:  [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/10 "2017-12-11T19:57:56Z")
Thanks for your responsiveness. You guys are all great.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/11 "2017-12-11T20:34:48Z")
The word conversation has no meaning to Discourse and is not used anywhere else in the app to my knowledge. A personal _message_ does though.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807/12 "2018-07-18T05:21:13Z")