I mean… I come from the forum scene and they were always called PMs, as in Private Message. What in the hell does DM stand for and when did things change from people calling them PMs to DMs.

  • @cbarrick
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    -51 year ago

    Fediverse should also use DM because there is again no guarantee of privacy (and you do not expect there to be).

    Matrix is the fediverse’s messaging platform. It has end-to-end encryption, so you do actually have a guarantee of privacy.

    • Mubelotix
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      141 year ago

      There are DMs on lemmy and they are not using Matrix. Matrix’s security doesn’t matter if you are not actually using Matrix

      • @cbarrick
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        01 year ago

        Yes, but when you click the DM button on lemmy.world there’s a big red warning telling you to use matrix (element.io) instead.

    • @ominouslemon
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      51 year ago

      Matrix is not part of the Fediverse