@darius @danhon @meetar oooof https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12337

"don't mind me, just gonna put dms back in the main feed because I liked it that way" 😭

@darius @meetar that recent comment from ~8 days ago was a good summary.

@darius @danhon @meetar @danhon @meetar I don't think any UX or nomenclature tweaks can save mastodon "DMs" from being user (and operator!) hostile. (The suggestion in that thread to rename them to "private mentions" is in out-of-the-frying-pan territory, i.e. they're far less private in practical terms than even e.g. twitter DMs)

IMO: replace it with something actually private/direct (e2e or bust); otherwise, let's just have an easy/dedicated path to linking to a e.g. signal account.