# Whisper "Toggle" only goes 1 way

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/whisper-toggle-only-goes-1-way/176085>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** whispers\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whisper-toggle-only-goes-1-way/176085 "2021-01-14T12:59:59Z")\
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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:** [March 2, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whisper-toggle-only-goes-1-way/176085/10 "2021-03-02T05:24:50Z")

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The reason it is that way, is because people replied to a whisper and expected it to be a whisper – when it wasn’t.. they were very, very embarrassed.

So right now, the rule is that **a reply to a whisper is always a whisper** , to prevent any possible embarrassment on behalf of the user. We view it as a safety feature. 🤷‍♀️

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