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X adds video calling — and lets strangers ring you: Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up::Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why did we go from the more descriptive "private message (PM) to direct (DM)like why replace it? Anyone know?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because of the implication it's not actually private, since admins can see it and/or it's used for analytics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's still private for the purposes that other users can't see it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, however the term is disingenuous.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

But still not actually private