Hey Fediverse, I've seen a lot of people make references to DMs here , as in "DM me to talk about this topic ."
I assume that means direct message. But I don't see any sort of capability to do that anywhere! I can start a message by @'ing someone and they see it and reply usually, but it's just a normal toot.
So, what's wrong with me? What am I missing? Is it just my instance that lacks direct private messages?
#help #newb #noob #mastodonhelp #directmessage #directmessages #directmessaging

Just checking. Does this instance have a #DirectMessaging facility? I've located it on my alt instance, but on Tusky, the DM icon on mastodon.social is replaced with a globe icon for federated posts.

Just asking for future reference

Here's an article I that explains #DM (#DirectMessaging) in Mastodon.

https://gizmodo.com/mastodon-how-to-dm-send-messages-twitter-1849759852

I've seen a number of new folks here at #Mastodon ("new" = less than one week; by comparison, I'm a veteran) complaining about the lack of an end-to-end #encrypted #directmessaging protocol. Granted, the bird didn't have one either, but be that as it won't...

Suppose we were to solve that problem not by retrofitting the Mastodon servers, but instead pairing Mastodon apps with tried-and-tested #opensource encrypted DM protocols, then link the user accounts between the two systems. Feasible?