# Whats the difference between pm messages and topic replies?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-pm-messages-and-topic-replies/31072>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 15, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-pm-messages-and-topic-replies/31072 "2015-07-15T07:09:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![h1onE](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/h1one/32/45349_2.png) [@h1onE](https://meta.discourse.org/u/h1onE)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-pm-messages-and-topic-replies/31072/1 "2015-07-15T07:09:28Z")

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I noteced that they both are very similar but pm messages have not as much functionalty as topic replies have, why?

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