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Are you saying that you don't use the _groundbreaking_ one-on-one chat functionality that is a) running against the entire point of their anonymous discussion p

Are you saying that you don't use the _groundbreaking_ one-on-one chat functionality that is a) running against the entire point of their anonymous discussion platform and b) total crap?

morkalork 3y ago
The only thing I've seen PMs used for is harassment. And how about the "reddit cares" suicide prevention tool? Just another tool for abuse by trolls.
whyenot 3y ago
I’m telling you, the avatars that are also NFTs are absolutely the bees knees.
kbenson 3y ago
I open that chat at least once a month. Then I immediately close it when I realize I clicked the wrong thing. I wonder how much that inflates their stats for it and what the real compared to accidental usage rates are. It's probably very telling.
infoseek12 3y ago
I think you are taking too pessimistic a stance. For instance the new one-on-one chat feature is great, I’ve had some OnlyFans creators send me messages out the blue to tell me about what they’re up to and I’ve received info that will get me in early on some very lucrative crypto investments.
mynameisvlad 3y ago
Do you mean “Legacy chat” or “Chat”? Apparently the chat feature released in 2020 that nobody used is now “legacy” and was replaced by a new tab which people will continue to not use. Why they didn’t migrate old chats over when deprecating is beyond me. No wonder they’re burning through money.
- memefrog 3y ago
  So there are now three ways of contacting someone? Private messages (have been around forever), legacy chat and chat?
  - mynameisvlad 3y ago
    Yes. It’s bonkers. New chat is only available on the new site and the latest mobile apps, so it’s also likely a way to funnel people towards those. IIRC legacy chat was also available on old reddit and the older versions of the apps, but never the 3rd party ones, which only had PMs.
fotta 3y ago
The chat which doesn’t show up on old.reddit? So if someone sends you a message on it you miss it? The one you have to disable on new.reddit so people only use PMs? I missed tons of sales on BST subs before realizing people were sending me chats on that.

Are you saying that you don't use the _groundbreaking_ one-on-one chat functionality that is a) running against the entire point of their anonymous discussion platform and b) total crap?

morkalork 3y ago

The only thing I've seen PMs used for is harassment. And how about the "reddit cares" suicide prevention tool? Just another tool for abuse by trolls.

whyenot 3y ago

I’m telling you, the avatars that are also NFTs are absolutely the bees knees.

kbenson 3y ago

I open that chat at least once a month. Then I immediately close it when I realize I clicked the wrong thing. I wonder how much that inflates their stats for it and what the real compared to accidental usage rates are. It's probably very telling.

infoseek12 3y ago

I think you are taking too pessimistic a stance. For instance the new one-on-one chat feature is great, I’ve had some OnlyFans creators send me messages out the blue to tell me about what they’re up to and I’ve received info that will get me in early on some very lucrative crypto investments.

mynameisvlad 3y ago

Do you mean “Legacy chat” or “Chat”? Apparently the chat feature released in 2020 that nobody used is now “legacy” and was replaced by a new tab which people will continue to not use. Why they didn’t migrate old chats over when deprecating is beyond me. No wonder they’re burning through money.

memefrog 3y ago
So there are now three ways of contacting someone? Private messages (have been around forever), legacy chat and chat?
- mynameisvlad 3y ago
  Yes. It’s bonkers. New chat is only available on the new site and the latest mobile apps, so it’s also likely a way to funnel people towards those. IIRC legacy chat was also available on old reddit and the older versions of the apps, but never the 3rd party ones, which only had PMs.

fotta 3y ago

The chat which doesn’t show up on old.reddit? So if someone sends you a message on it you miss it? The one you have to disable on new.reddit so people only use PMs? I missed tons of sales on BST subs before realizing people were sending me chats on that.