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Why do people call it DM? (lemmy.rollenspiel.monster)

submitted 1 year ago by 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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@jlai.lu 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Why would lemmy not have E2EE for person to person messages?

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago

It's quite a lot of work to implement. Maybe one day. Same problem on Mastodon

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why bother? if you need actual private messaging, you can just use matrix

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Privacy is improved when it is there by default

[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 0 points 1 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@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Matrix is not part of the Fediverse