# 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:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-pm-messages-and-topic-replies/31072/2 "2015-07-15T08:47:02Z")

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What functionality should PMs have that they lack? Can you be more clear?

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