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Matt Finlay · 6d
I hope encrypted DMs is on this list of fixes. People I try to onboard with Primal are shocked that DMs are public (even though their current platform DMs aren't truly private) and really it turns the...
paul keating profile picture
serious question. is that the first thing y'all talk about when you onboard somebody?
and yes, our current dms have not been optimized. you can see who talked to who, but not what has been said. dms are not the highest priority for us at the moment.
Matt Finlay · 6d
Oh I might have had wrong info. I thought the DM contents were publicly visible. I just logged into Primal with npub and I could only see the "who" and "when". Maybe the bigger issue then is when DMs are sent from other clients and are not shown in Primal... This was quite confusing as a new user. ...
Matt Finlay · 6d
I primarily pitch Nostr for censorship-resistance. But for some reason people seem to conflate that with privacy. This is my onboard guide using Primal. In still new myself so I probably get a lot wrong. https://phafe.com/2026/01/28/quick-and-easy-start-using-nostr/