# Unable to retroactively make a post reply into a whisper

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [5 أغسطس 2016، 3:11م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-retroactively-make-a-post-reply-into-a-whisper/48259 "2016-08-05T15:11:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![FoohonPie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/foohonpie/32/119648_2.png) [@FoohonPie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FoohonPie)\
**Post date:** [13 نوفمبر 2018، 11:49م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-retroactively-make-a-post-reply-into-a-whisper/48259/8 "2018-11-13T23:49:42Z")

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> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> The reply might blink in public briefly but then that’s what happens anyway until we rush to delete and recreate as whisper.

That makes perfect sense to me.

I just experienced an issue when making a post to explain whispers to my staff through examples, but some mistakes in the example topic have resulted in “hidden replies” (deletes) and whispers in the same view that just make for confusion for new staff members. I wouldn’t blame them for thinking it’s not worth trying to understand the feature.

Is there any reason _not_ to allow changing the whisper state within the ninja edit timeframe?

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