• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Turns out most PMs weren’t actually private since site admins and mods could see them, so they switched to ‘direct message’ as a more honest description.

    • megane-kun@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      I always thought “PM” stands for “Personal Message”, which is more or less an okay description. You send a message to someone “personally”, not in-person, but close enough, I suppose.