# Reply to a Message

In addition to creating top-level messages, social.plus Chat SDK also allows you to reply to existing messages. To reply to a message, you'll need to specify the parent messages `parentMessageId` as one of the parameters. This allows the SDK to associate the new message as a reply to the parent comment.

Similar to creating a top-level message, you can use the SDK's optimistic creation feature to create a reply message.

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});
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