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can you explain the rational? DM are for private interaction. Social media are more publishing platforms (ie. Media plaftorm with a social aspect). Messaging ap

can you explain the rational? DM are for private interaction. Social media are more publishing platforms (ie. Media plaftorm with a social aspect). Messaging apps allow for interpersonal interaction but they definitely don't have the same impact. Which use case do you have in mind for prioritizing DMs? Usually DMs are for sales, or harassment (which is sometime the same) If you have friends, you usually have other ways to communicate with outside of bluesky. So I am genuinely curious why you would think that DM are a priority?

BryantD 3y ago
Speaking for myself, I’ve met three or four people on BlueSky I’d like to have a private communication channel for. I didn’t know them previously.
- Retr0id 3y ago
  HN doesn't have DMs either, but we usually figure things out one way or another (e.g. contact info in bio)
  - weinzierl 3y ago
    Only if you are willing to publish contact info in your profile. I am much more willing to open my DMs than doing that. I realize that open DMs are not an option for high profile accounts, but for most people probably safer than publishing their email or - god forbid - their phone number.
    - hellojesus 3y ago
      Are there user profiles on Bluesky? You could make an email account just for your Bluesky dms and then write some random string on your profile and auto delete any emails that don't include that string as a sort of filter against spam. You could also post a public key there so you can have encrypted comms al la old school pgp.
      - weinzierl 3y ago
        The email solution I use has no lightweight account creation and regardless, I like to keep my contact surface small and additional email addresses are detrimental to that. I was happy with DMs on Twitter and I wish Bluesky had them, that's all.
weinzierl 3y ago
"Social media are more publishing platforms " That's what social media companies want them to be, but it's in our hands to decide if we use them for consumption only. I agree that DMs are often abused and not the best medium for one-on-one communication, but without DMs how would you upgrade a conversation to a more suitable medium?
pfraze 3y ago
It’s a social communications platform. We should have DMs

BryantD 3y ago

Speaking for myself, I’ve met three or four people on BlueSky I’d like to have a private communication channel for. I didn’t know them previously.

Retr0id 3y ago
HN doesn't have DMs either, but we usually figure things out one way or another (e.g. contact info in bio)
- weinzierl 3y ago
  Only if you are willing to publish contact info in your profile. I am much more willing to open my DMs than doing that. I realize that open DMs are not an option for high profile accounts, but for most people probably safer than publishing their email or - god forbid - their phone number.
  - hellojesus 3y ago
    Are there user profiles on Bluesky? You could make an email account just for your Bluesky dms and then write some random string on your profile and auto delete any emails that don't include that string as a sort of filter against spam. You could also post a public key there so you can have encrypted comms al la old school pgp.
    - weinzierl 3y ago
      The email solution I use has no lightweight account creation and regardless, I like to keep my contact surface small and additional email addresses are detrimental to that. I was happy with DMs on Twitter and I wish Bluesky had them, that's all.

weinzierl 3y ago

"Social media are more publishing platforms " That's what social media companies want them to be, but it's in our hands to decide if we use them for consumption only. I agree that DMs are often abused and not the best medium for one-on-one communication, but without DMs how would you upgrade a conversation to a more suitable medium?

pfraze 3y ago

It’s a social communications platform. We should have DMs