sam :verified_woem:
every new user being shocked that DMs aren’t actually private is kinda scary because it means that everybody just assumes DMs on other platforms are private
because they aren’t. the only difference between fedi and other social media is that fedi admins don’t have a vested interest in making you think DMs are private
SuperDicq
@starshine@woem.space I think that after the whole crypto boom web3 craze people's monkey brains goes "decentralized = encrypted" and then get unreasonable technical expectations about how the ActivityPub protocol works like posts on the fediverse are like exchanging Monero coins or something.
SuperDicq
@starshine@woem.space But in reality it is indeed more like email and you gotta provide your own encryption.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
@UkeBLCatboy @starshine it's technically possible for admins to read your DMs on pretty much any software that doesn't include encryption for DMs.
As an admin, I only look at a DM if someone reports it. So if a blorbo.social user receives a spam DM & reports it, I can see the DM & do something about it.
Apart from that, it's not easy for me to see DMs & there's nothing in the UI to support it. I believe it involves looking at a database in the back end??
UkeBLCatboy
@starshine wait they aren't? I don't particularly care, I'm in a bunch of fun anime and BL/danmei servers with cool people, only use it for that, online/virtual fan events, and pri... direct chats with friends, but it surprises me o_O
Who can read them?
Anyway the servers I'm in are very fun with cool peeps so I'll stay in then anyway I'm just surprised 🙀
Morgan ⚧️
@starshine yeah considering Tumblr DMs were being used against trans women on Tumblr and that's a part of this whole thing... Our DMs here are no less private than any social media site. In fact, I'd say they're better because only our 1-10 admins can see them, instead of a whole company's worth of moderation people and whatever corporations they sell our data to
pettter
@starshine Every AP server implementation that considers doing some kind of DMs should just add an XMPP server and javascript client with OMEMO instead.
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