@patricia@mastodon.social There shouldn't be DM/private messages on the Fediverse at all in my opinion! Just add a contact link to your profile metadata fields. Nobody needs more messaging apps: bookofadamz.com/the-smartest-m

@adam @patricia I understand the sentiment but there are some downsides - if you publish contact info it means giving away more information than necessary to stay on-platform. And moderation of DMs (or whatever you want to call it) has to happen elsewhere with no platform-native protections. I am not comfy listing email or phone on my profile. Twitter DMs we're subject to the same blocks and whatnot as I had in my account and did not force me to reveal anything else.

@ltning
Ah, that's a good point. Maybe some integration with Matrix. My contact metadata here is a link to a form on my website which I can process any way I choose to and doesn't give anything away other than my already public website URL. Personally, I'd much rather process private messaging from all electronic sources in a single place.
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