@Gargron @charlag is this going to kill existing DMs, be a progressive enhancement, or standalone alongside? i think there's some value in unencrypted direct posts (as forward-secrecy conflicts with having a consistent message archive, it will always be a "pick one" situation...)
@trwnh @charlag Won't be able to phase out old DMs for a long time but the long-term plan for them is to be phased out
They don't match people's expectation on how DM conversations should work, they don't match people's expectations on privacy, they're a liability in terms of database performance, potential risk vector in the code, and legal responsibility