Private Message (PM) was common until Twitter and Instagram came around, where the platforms did not want to get in trouble for implying that your messages were “Private” in any way, so the renamed them “Direct Messages”. Reddit and Lemmy make user-to-user messages easily accessible by admins, so DM is appropriate here.
“DM” still feels so wrong. How the heck did that take over from “PM”
direct messages aren’t private :)
Oooh
Private Message (PM) was common until Twitter and Instagram came around, where the platforms did not want to get in trouble for implying that your messages were “Private” in any way, so the renamed them “Direct Messages”. Reddit and Lemmy make user-to-user messages easily accessible by admins, so DM is appropriate here.
it’s just more… direct
+1 for pm
I think it started when Twitter became popular? That’s just the term they used. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong