#directmessaging — Public Fediverse posts

#TikTok is reportedly developing a #peertopeer #payment feature within its #directmessaging system, utilising its existing #TikTokPay offering. This feature, currently in early development, would allow users to send money to each other, similar to Venmo. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/tiktok-explores-peer-to-peer-payments-via-dms-report-says/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#TikTok is reportedly developing a #peertopeer #payment feature within its #directmessaging system, utilising its existing #TikTokPay offering. This feature, currently in early development, would allow users to send money to each other, similar to Venmo. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/tiktok-explores-peer-to-peer-payments-via-dms-report-says/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#TikTok is reportedly developing a #peertopeer #payment feature within its #directmessaging system, utilising its existing #TikTokPay offering. This feature, currently in early development, would allow users to send money to each other, similar to Venmo. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/tiktok-explores-peer-to-peer-payments-via-dms-report-says/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#TikTok is reportedly developing a #peertopeer #payment feature within its #directmessaging system, utilising its existing #TikTokPay offering. This feature, currently in early development, would allow users to send money to each other, similar to Venmo. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/tiktok-explores-peer-to-peer-payments-via-dms-report-says/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

Euronews: EU temporarily extends controversial chat-scanning regime until 2028. “EU countries have adopted a temporary regime allowing messaging services to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material until 2028. End-to-end encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal remain exempt.”

Euronews: EU temporarily extends controversial chat-scanning regime until 2028. “EU countries have adopted a temporary regime allowing messaging services to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material until 2028. End-to-end encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal remain exempt.”

Euronews: EU temporarily extends controversial chat-scanning regime until 2028. “EU countries have adopted a temporary regime allowing messaging services to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material until 2028. End-to-end encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal remain exempt.”

Euronews: EU temporarily extends controversial chat-scanning regime until 2028. “EU countries have adopted a temporary regime allowing messaging services to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material until 2028. End-to-end encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal remain exempt.”

Tubefilter: It’s time to slide: YouTube’s DMs are officially back. “In response to user demand, YouTube has brought back a much-requested feature. Six years after discontinuing its original form of direct messages, YouTube is once again letting users slide into each other’s DMs with a new version of the classic communication format.”

Tubefilter: It’s time to slide: YouTube’s DMs are officially back. “In response to user demand, YouTube has brought back a much-requested feature. Six years after discontinuing its original form of direct messages, YouTube is once again letting users slide into each other’s DMs with a new version of the classic communication format.”

Tubefilter: It’s time to slide: YouTube’s DMs are officially back. “In response to user demand, YouTube has brought back a much-requested feature. Six years after discontinuing its original form of direct messages, YouTube is once again letting users slide into each other’s DMs with a new version of the classic communication format.”

Tubefilter: It’s time to slide: YouTube’s DMs are officially back. “In response to user demand, YouTube has brought back a much-requested feature. Six years after discontinuing its original form of direct messages, YouTube is once again letting users slide into each other’s DMs with a new version of the classic communication format.”

Washington Post: Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them. This link goes to an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The newly operational Trump Presidential Library, the entity responsible for preserving records from the White House, says that it cannot find a single Twitter direct message sent by a president who tweeted more than […]

Washington Post: Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them. This link goes to an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The newly operational Trump Presidential Library, the entity responsible for preserving records from the White House, says that it cannot find a single Twitter direct message sent by a president who tweeted more than […]

Washington Post: Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them. This link goes to an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The newly operational Trump Presidential Library, the entity responsible for preserving records from the White House, says that it cannot find a single Twitter direct message sent by a president who tweeted more than […]

Washington Post: Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them. This link goes to an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The newly operational Trump Presidential Library, the entity responsible for preserving records from the White House, says that it cannot find a single Twitter direct message sent by a president who tweeted more than […]

PC Mag: Mastodon Plans End-to-End Encryption for Private Messages. “Decentralized social media platform Mastodon plans on adopting its own end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for private messages. Mastodon announced the upcoming feature in a blog post about receiving €614,000 ($724,000) from the Sovereign Tech Fund, an effort backed by the German government to support open-source software.”

PC Mag: Mastodon Plans End-to-End Encryption for Private Messages. “Decentralized social media platform Mastodon plans on adopting its own end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for private messages. Mastodon announced the upcoming feature in a blog post about receiving €614,000 ($724,000) from the Sovereign Tech Fund, an effort backed by the German government to support open-source software.”

PC Mag: Mastodon Plans End-to-End Encryption for Private Messages. “Decentralized social media platform Mastodon plans on adopting its own end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for private messages. Mastodon announced the upcoming feature in a blog post about receiving €614,000 ($724,000) from the Sovereign Tech Fund, an effort backed by the German government to support open-source software.”

PC Mag: Mastodon Plans End-to-End Encryption for Private Messages. “Decentralized social media platform Mastodon plans on adopting its own end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for private messages. Mastodon announced the upcoming feature in a blog post about receiving €614,000 ($724,000) from the Sovereign Tech Fund, an effort backed by the German government to support open-source software.”

YouTube Adds A Big New Feature, But It Probably Isn't The One You Want

Read More: https://www.bgr.com/2117239/youtube-new-feature-direct-messaging/

#youtube #youtubenews #youtubefeature #tech #technews #youtubedms #socialmedia #socialnetwork #directmessaging

YouTube Adds A Big New Feature, But It Probably Isn't The One You Want

Read More: https://www.bgr.com/2117239/youtube-new-feature-direct-messaging/

#youtube #youtubenews #youtubefeature #tech #technews #youtubedms #socialmedia #socialnetwork #directmessaging

YouTube Adds A Big New Feature, But It Probably Isn't The One You Want

Read More: https://www.bgr.com/2117239/youtube-new-feature-direct-messaging/

#youtube #youtubenews #youtubefeature #tech #technews #youtubedms #socialmedia #socialnetwork #directmessaging

YouTube Adds A Big New Feature, But It Probably Isn't The One You Want

Read More: https://www.bgr.com/2117239/youtube-new-feature-direct-messaging/

#youtube #youtubenews #youtubefeature #tech #technews #youtubedms #socialmedia #socialnetwork #directmessaging

Mashable: TikTok says it’s ‘investigating’ its Epstein problem . “TikTok claims it isn’t deliberately censoring the name ‘Epstein’ in direct messages, but says it’s investigating a bug that stops some DMs that include the name from being sent.”

Mashable: TikTok says it’s ‘investigating’ its Epstein problem . “TikTok claims it isn’t deliberately censoring the name ‘Epstein’ in direct messages, but says it’s investigating a bug that stops some DMs that include the name from being sent.”

Mashable: TikTok says it’s ‘investigating’ its Epstein problem . “TikTok claims it isn’t deliberately censoring the name ‘Epstein’ in direct messages, but says it’s investigating a bug that stops some DMs that include the name from being sent.”

Mashable: TikTok says it’s ‘investigating’ its Epstein problem . “TikTok claims it isn’t deliberately censoring the name ‘Epstein’ in direct messages, but says it’s investigating a bug that stops some DMs that include the name from being sent.”

Tubefilter: YouTube responds to “top feature request” by testing direct messages. “In Ireland and Poland, users above the age of 18 now have the ability to ‘share videos you love…and have conversations about them directly on the YouTube mobile app.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/23/tubefilter-youtube-responds-to-top-feature-request-by-testing-direct-messages/

Tubefilter: YouTube responds to “top feature request” by testing direct messages. “In Ireland and Poland, users above the age of 18 now have the ability to ‘share videos you love…and have conversations about them directly on the YouTube mobile app.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/23/tubefilter-youtube-responds-to-top-feature-request-by-testing-direct-messages/

Tubefilter: YouTube responds to “top feature request” by testing direct messages. “In Ireland and Poland, users above the age of 18 now have the ability to ‘share videos you love…and have conversations about them directly on the YouTube mobile app.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/23/tubefilter-youtube-responds-to-top-feature-request-by-testing-direct-messages/

ICYMI: Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #DigitalCommunication #UserSafety

ICYMI: Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #DigitalCommunication #UserSafety

ICYMI: Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #DigitalCommunication #UserSafety

ICYMI: Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #SafetyFirst #MessagingApp

ICYMI: Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #SafetyFirst #MessagingApp

ICYMI: Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #SafetyFirst #MessagingApp

Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #SafetyFirst #TechNews

Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #SafetyFirst #TechNews

Threads launches direct messaging with safety restrictions: Threads introduces direct messaging and visual highlighting system as platform reaches third year milestone. https://ppc.land/threads-launches-direct-messaging-with-safety-restrictions/ #Threads #DirectMessaging #SocialMedia #SafetyFirst #TechNews

Engadget: X is ‘pausing’ encrypted DMs. “X users can no longer send encrypted messages on the platform. The company said in an update that it’s ‘pausing’ the feature ‘while we work on making some improvements.’ Users will still be able to view previously-sent encrypted chats, but won’t be able to send any new ones.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/30/engadget-x-is-pausing-encrypted-dms/

Engadget: X is ‘pausing’ encrypted DMs. “X users can no longer send encrypted messages on the platform. The company said in an update that it’s ‘pausing’ the feature ‘while we work on making some improvements.’ Users will still be able to view previously-sent encrypted chats, but won’t be able to send any new ones.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/30/engadget-x-is-pausing-encrypted-dms/

Engadget: X is ‘pausing’ encrypted DMs. “X users can no longer send encrypted messages on the platform. The company said in an update that it’s ‘pausing’ the feature ‘while we work on making some improvements.’ Users will still be able to view previously-sent encrypted chats, but won’t be able to send any new ones.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/30/engadget-x-is-pausing-encrypted-dms/

Engadget: X is ‘pausing’ encrypted DMs. “X users can no longer send encrypted messages on the platform. The company said in an update that it’s ‘pausing’ the feature ‘while we work on making some improvements.’ Users will still be able to view previously-sent encrypted chats, but won’t be able to send any new ones.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/30/engadget-x-is-pausing-encrypted-dms/

Digital Trends: X will purge DMs to give birth to its own messaging platform. “X, formerly Twitter, is seeking to replace the DMs section with a new messaging platform called XChat. Zack Warunek, software engineer at X, hinted that the company will be deleting the DMs section on Wednesday in a response to a user who had difficulties seeing user data on the messages they sent and received for […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/19/digital-trends-x-will-purge-dms-to-give-birth-to-its-own-messaging-platform/

Digital Trends: X will purge DMs to give birth to its own messaging platform. “X, formerly Twitter, is seeking to replace the DMs section with a new messaging platform called XChat. Zack Warunek, software engineer at X, hinted that the company will be deleting the DMs section on Wednesday in a response to a user who had difficulties seeing user data on the messages they sent and received for […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/19/digital-trends-x-will-purge-dms-to-give-birth-to-its-own-messaging-platform/

Digital Trends: X will purge DMs to give birth to its own messaging platform. “X, formerly Twitter, is seeking to replace the DMs section with a new messaging platform called XChat. Zack Warunek, software engineer at X, hinted that the company will be deleting the DMs section on Wednesday in a response to a user who had difficulties seeing user data on the messages they sent and received for […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/19/digital-trends-x-will-purge-dms-to-give-birth-to-its-own-messaging-platform/

Digital Trends: X will purge DMs to give birth to its own messaging platform. “X, formerly Twitter, is seeking to replace the DMs section with a new messaging platform called XChat. Zack Warunek, software engineer at X, hinted that the company will be deleting the DMs section on Wednesday in a response to a user who had difficulties seeing user data on the messages they sent and received for […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/19/digital-trends-x-will-purge-dms-to-give-birth-to-its-own-messaging-platform/

Is private messaging a feature on here? #mastodon #help #support #directmessaging #privatemessaging

Is private messaging a feature on here? #mastodon #help #support #directmessaging #privatemessaging

Is private messaging a feature on here? #mastodon #help #support #directmessaging #privatemessaging

TikTok has introduced a new Group Chat feature, allowing users aged 16 and above to create groups of up to 32 people for messaging and sharing videos. #tiktok #socialmedia #directmessaging

https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/tiktok-launches-group-chat-feature-to-strengthen-messaging-capabilities?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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TikTok has introduced a new Group Chat feature, allowing users aged 16 and above to create groups of up to 32 people for messaging and sharing videos. #tiktok #socialmedia #directmessaging

https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/tiktok-launches-group-chat-feature-to-strengthen-messaging-capabilities?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into TIKTOK NEWS & UPDATES @tiktok-news-updates-LindseyGamble_

TikTok has introduced a new Group Chat feature, allowing users aged 16 and above to create groups of up to 32 people for messaging and sharing videos. #tiktok #socialmedia #directmessaging

https://www.lindseygamble.com/blog/tiktok-launches-group-chat-feature-to-strengthen-messaging-capabilities?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into TIKTOK NEWS & UPDATES @tiktok-news-updates-LindseyGamble_

A lightly-scheduled week wrapped up with my wife and I seeing two D.C. teams that didn’t exist 20 years ago play against two Seattle teams: the Spirit’s 3-2 win against the Reign Friday night, then the Nats’ 9-5 loss to the Mariners Sunday afternoon. In between, a bike ride to and then through Rock Creek Park offered me a peek at actual construction progress of Maryland’s snakebit Purple Line light-rail project.

5/20/2024: The Internet Is Not Forever: 38% of Web Pages From 2013 No Longer Exist, PCMag

I missed this Pew Research Center study when it landed Friday of the previous week, but the problem of link rot is an evergreen topic, and my own career has provided numerous examples of it.

5/22/2024: Microsoft and Google’s new AI sales pitches: We’re your last line of defense against your scatterbrained self, Fast Company

This was originally going to be a recap of how Google used its I/O developer conference two weeks ago to position AI as your last line of defense against hostile humans. But then Microsoft unveiled an implementation of AI that could vastly expand the privacy attack surface of Windows users, so I had to rewrite a large chunk of this post.

5/22/2024: Which Tech Company Has the Worst Reputation?, PCMag

Seeing the former Twitter ranked at 99 out of 100 brands, above only the Trump Organization, caught my interest. But as I noted in my writeup, some of the results of this Harris and Axios project invite some skepticism about the methodology.

5/22/2024: T-Mobile Raises Rates on Many Older Plans by $5 or $2 a Month, PCMag

Halfway through writing this post, T-Mobile made me part of the story by sending a text message informing me that I’d be paying an extra $5 a month on the Business Unlimited Advanced plan that T-Mobile introduced barely three years ago.

5/23/2024: Bluesky Adds Direct Messaging, But It’s No Signal Replacement Yet, PCMag

If T-Mobile hadn’t grabbed so much of my attention Thursday, I could have written this post then. Instead, I had a little more time to try out Bluesky’s new DM feature–and to cobble together my own photo to illustrate this piece after seeing Getty Images offer nothing current.

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/05/26/weekly-output-link-rot-microsoft-and-googles-ai-sales-pitches-tech-brand-reputations-t-mobile-rate-hikes-bluesky-dms/

#BlueskyDirectMessaging #BlueskyDMs #brandReputation #digitalDecay #directMessaging #error404 #GoogleAndroidScamCallDetection #GoogleIO #instantMessaging #linkRot #MicrosoftBuild #MicrosoftRecall #TMobile5RateHike #WindowsRecall

A lightly-scheduled week wrapped up with my wife and I seeing two D.C. teams that didn’t exist 20 years ago play against two Seattle teams: the Spirit’s 3-2 win against the Reign Friday night, then the Nats’ 9-5 loss to the Mariners Sunday afternoon. In between, a bike ride to and then through Rock Creek Park offered me a peek at actual construction progress of Maryland’s snakebit Purple Line light-rail project.

5/20/2024: The Internet Is Not Forever: 38% of Web Pages From 2013 No Longer Exist, PCMag

I missed this Pew Research Center study when it landed Friday of the previous week, but the problem of link rot is an evergreen topic, and my own career has provided numerous examples of it.

5/22/2024: Microsoft and Google’s new AI sales pitches: We’re your last line of defense against your scatterbrained self, Fast Company

This was originally going to be a recap of how Google used its I/O developer conference two weeks ago to position AI as your last line of defense against hostile humans. But then Microsoft unveiled an implementation of AI that could vastly expand the privacy attack surface of Windows users, so I had to rewrite a large chunk of this post.

5/22/2024: Which Tech Company Has the Worst Reputation?, PCMag

Seeing the former Twitter ranked at 99 out of 100 brands, above only the Trump Organization, caught my interest. But as I noted in my writeup, some of the results of this Harris and Axios project invite some skepticism about the methodology.

5/22/2024: T-Mobile Raises Rates on Many Older Plans by $5 or $2 a Month, PCMag

Halfway through writing this post, T-Mobile made me part of the story by sending a text message informing me that I’d be paying an extra $5 a month on the Business Unlimited Advanced plan that T-Mobile introduced barely three years ago.

5/23/2024: Bluesky Adds Direct Messaging, But It’s No Signal Replacement Yet, PCMag

If T-Mobile hadn’t grabbed so much of my attention Thursday, I could have written this post then. Instead, I had a little more time to try out Bluesky’s new DM feature–and to cobble together my own photo to illustrate this piece after seeing Getty Images offer nothing current.

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/05/26/weekly-output-link-rot-microsoft-and-googles-ai-sales-pitches-tech-brand-reputations-t-mobile-rate-hikes-bluesky-dms/

#BlueskyDirectMessaging #BlueskyDMs #brandReputation #digitalDecay #directMessaging #error404 #GoogleAndroidScamCallDetection #GoogleIO #instantMessaging #linkRot #MicrosoftBuild #MicrosoftRecall #TMobile5RateHike #WindowsRecall

#Bluesky #DirectMessaging
"Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Wednesday."

Not encrypted and only one-on-one, no group chats.

Bluesky now has DMs | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/bluesky-now-has-dms/

#Bluesky #DirectMessaging
"Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Wednesday."

Not encrypted and only one-on-one, no group chats.

Bluesky now has DMs | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/bluesky-now-has-dms/

#Bluesky #DirectMessaging
"Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Wednesday."

Not encrypted and only one-on-one, no group chats.

Bluesky now has DMs | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/bluesky-now-has-dms/

3/3 Whatever it is, I stopped reacting to such messages altogether, no matter who it is from, or what it is they want :) If they really need something (assuming I can indeed help), they will state it fully eventually. If they don't, it wasn't important anyway.

#communication #conversation #messaging #directmessaging #chat