A discussion has started about the “You sent a message to this user” text that appears below a post after sending a private message to the author. elijah suggests making this text a link, as it looks clickable but has no functionality. jomaxro and codinghorror discuss whether this is a regression or the text’s original behavior. elijah and riking propose alternative phrasings, with elijah suggesting “You privately responded to this post.” merefield raises a separate issue, asking where sent private messages are stored, as they do not appear in email or in-Discourse private message “Sent” items.
When I, as a regular user, use the flag icon to send a private message to a user about their post, that post will forevermore have the following text below it:
You sent a message to this user.
That text is blue and mouseover makes it look like a link, the pointer changes as if it were. But it is not a link. Clicking it does nothing.
Could it become a link?
I could’ve sworn that was a link? Is this a regression?
I think it has behaved that way for a while. This is mostly for staff, but it could be for regular users too.
I don’t recall it working as a link for regular users, ever. But the times I’ve tried to use it as one are very few.
If it is not going to be a link, I’d rather it didn’t look like one.
The text should probably also be changed.
You sent a message this user about this post.
hmmm…
You sent a message to the author about this post.
Bleh. Needs more editing.
You privately responded to this post.
How can I review what was sent? I don’t see it as an email, nor do I see it in ‘Sent’ items of the in-Discource private messages - where has it gone?