# Whispers says only mods can see them when others can

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-says-only-mods-can-see-them-when-others-can/248786>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** completed, whispers\
**Created:** [December 13, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-says-only-mods-can-see-them-when-others-can/248786 "2022-12-13T12:51:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![not-ethan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/not-ethan/32/282617_2.png) [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-says-only-mods-can-see-them-when-others-can/248786/1 "2022-12-13T12:51:04Z")

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In a whisper, you can hover over the eye icon ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/6/a/86a71f312bd70d0b65459848d266a6bcad36ae9b.png) and it will say:

> this post is a private whisper only visible to moderators

Even if people are not and are visible to other non-staff users.

Repro:

1. Enable whispers and give access to a non-staff group.
2. Make a whisper
3. Hover the eye icon and look at the text

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