• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    They’re called direct messages, not private messages. They’re not tricking anyone into thinking anything lmao

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      6 months ago

      No, but the entire point of renaming Private Messages to Direct Messages was exclusively so people would have the mindset you do.

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        6 months ago

        I have never been under the impression PMs were unreadable by the people operating the service I send them on.

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          6 months ago

          Neither have I. Generally if I want the impression of it being private, it will need to be encrypted and a whole skew of other criteria comes in. Still doesn’t change the fact that growing up they were referred to as “PM’s” for the first half of my life.