@darius I do agree, if by 'fine' you mean people have the freedom to share personal information in those ways. But that's different than recommending it. Most mastodon-instance introductions I have read, explicitly warn users against sharing personal information in direct-messages (DM). #activitypub #xmpp #movim

@darius fediverse/activitypub is currently being bridged to #xmpp/jabber (which is focused on the use-case you describe), including 'real' DM's, not just the kind transmitted and stored in open text as in mastodon. These efforts are very close to being ready for the public. My hunch is that Movim.eu might be the best first-use server for users to watch for a future gateway. BTW I would not recommend using mastodon for personal messages. #libervia

@darius XMPP has those abilities. Federation with activitypub (like mastodon) is brand new, but xmpp has always been 'fedetated' across its own servers. There are also gateways to most social networks you could imagine. The 'DM"s van also be end2end encrypted.

#xmpp