Gregory's Server
@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
@Gargron @charlag hm. i'd say my expectations are that dms should work like twitter / instagram / any other website... i understand some people want full e2ee everywhere but a lot of people also *don't* want that.
the main thing i'm concerned about though is that direct posts are a legitimately good and useful feature in the middle of threads, and leaving a direct reply within a specific context is one of the killer features of fedi. it's why the current "conversations" are so awkward...