@benjamincodes @mattblaze There is no "Direct Message" feature in Mastodon. You have the option to post something with the privacy level set to "Only mentioned people". That seems pretty straight forward. You mention people, they can see the toot. It doesn't claim to be a secure, end-to-end encrypted messaging system. In fact, Mastodon specifically warns you of this when you change the privacy setting to "Only mentioned people". The feature is just for when you want to limit who you're interacting with when posting, perhaps to continue a conversation without public visibility.