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Isn't this the same as Twitter emailing you the contents of a DM everytime someone DMs you? Because the person sending the mail doesn't actually see your email

by damian2000 13y ago

Isn't this the same as Twitter emailing you the contents of a DM everytime someone DMs you? Because the person sending the mail doesn't actually see your email address, only your username.

mmahemoff 13y ago
The difference is you have to be following the sender, otherwise they can't DM you. Though it's pretty silly and Twitter did remove the restriction recently, temporarily. They'll need to work on it if they want to make DMs more useful. Anyway, I do actually think this is useful functionality. It can only be sent from another GMail user, so Google will quickly know if it's being abused.
spikexxx 13y ago
You can only DM someone who follows you. As described, people don't have to be in your circles, it's open to the world.
interpol_p 13y ago
It's a little different, though not in practice. It's more a difference of semantics. On Facebook / Twitter you are receiving a notification through their service, and then their service is emailing you about said notification (likely with the contents of the message). With this it maps your email address to your public Google+ name, and auto-fills your name for anyone who wishes to contact you through Gmail, which appears as a regular email client. You receive the email as a normal email (as far as I'm aware, may be not the case). I suspect a lot of the anger stems from this subtle distinction. With Facebook and Twitter, when you sign up for the account you also sign up for the relevant notifications. With this Gmail feature, many people did not sign up for their public G+ name to be mapped to their email address, your name auto-completing in other peoples' "To:" fields. That said, I don't really have an issue with this feature because I don't have a G+ account, and if I did have a G+ account I'd probably find it pretty useful.

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Isn't this the same as Twitter emailing you the contents of a DM everytime someone DMs you? Because the person sending the mail doesn't actually see your email

by damian2000 13y ago

Isn't this the same as Twitter emailing you the contents of a DM everytime someone DMs you? Because the person sending the mail doesn't actually see your email address, only your username.

mmahemoff 13y ago
The difference is you have to be following the sender, otherwise they can't DM you. Though it's pretty silly and Twitter did remove the restriction recently, temporarily. They'll need to work on it if they want to make DMs more useful. Anyway, I do actually think this is useful functionality. It can only be sent from another GMail user, so Google will quickly know if it's being abused.
spikexxx 13y ago
You can only DM someone who follows you. As described, people don't have to be in your circles, it's open to the world.
interpol_p 13y ago
It's a little different, though not in practice. It's more a difference of semantics. On Facebook / Twitter you are receiving a notification through their service, and then their service is emailing you about said notification (likely with the contents of the message). With this it maps your email address to your public Google+ name, and auto-fills your name for anyone who wishes to contact you through Gmail, which appears as a regular email client. You receive the email as a normal email (as far as I'm aware, may be not the case). I suspect a lot of the anger stems from this subtle distinction. With Facebook and Twitter, when you sign up for the account you also sign up for the relevant notifications. With this Gmail feature, many people did not sign up for their public G+ name to be mapped to their email address, your name auto-completing in other peoples' "To:" fields. That said, I don't really have an issue with this feature because I don't have a G+ account, and if I did have a G+ account I'd probably find it pretty useful.