Matt BlazeA feature I'd like is the ability to turn DMs off here (in a way that alerts people trying to send them to me). Aside from the inherent insecurity, they're hard to see in some apps/UIs, and I often miss seeing them, as do, I presume, many others. Plus it's yet another thing to check, like an unwanted voicemail box.
Cue the "why DMs here are perfect" and "you shouldn't complain, you're too new here" crowd.
honk honk I'm a truck *brrrrr*@mattblaze I mean, you could try asking how people handle that issue, instead of just declaring, in your wisdom, that you know it's bad.
But that would be the kind and community-centered version, and fuck that entire concept, right?
Gary William Flake@notafurry How do you handle this issue? I feel much the same as @mattblaze but it sounds like you have some experience to share. What would you recommend as the preferred way to let people know that I am unlikely to respond to DM's here?
Point of order: I don't care about his feelings on DMs; he doesn't understand them and that's obvious, but whatever. I care, and responded, only to his asshattery.
But as to how most people handle them here, turn them off for people you don't follow (it's in preferences) and then set them to show up in their own column. Simple and straightforward, you won't miss seeing them, you don't have to check anything extra.
Don't use them for sensitive conversations. Done.
@notafurry Thanks.
Additional details for those interested: the "columns" mentioned are only visible if you toggle the "Enable advanced web interface" option w/in preferences (and save before doing anything else).
Go back to home and you'll then see the columns.
In the end, I chose not to have an empty DM column just to inspect that I have no DMs that I don't want to read anyway. But I do prefer the columns, so it was worth the effort.