Hey everyone. Just making sure everyone knows that direct messages on here are not end-to-end encrypted. They work more like a post, with visibility set to the person/people you tag.
This means an admin (like me), can read these by looking at the database/in backups.
I promise never to do this.
If that's not good enough (which is fine, obviously), please use something like signal for DMs
p.s. Twitter DMs are also not encrypted and anyone there can read them too.
@Psy_Fer_ Good to mention ! So many people are confused on Twitter about DM on Mastodon: there is no DM on Mastodon and it is certainly not working like an instant messaging app.
As an alternative, Signal is great. But to remain in the #OpenSource #SelfHosted solutions, #NextcloudTalk is even greater I think 😃 !
I have been using this, hosted on my own server for almost 2 years now, to talk with friends and family: overall, I am pretty satisfied with it (with few bugs from time to time).
James Ferguson 
Yoann Pageaud 🧬