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Scott Jenson · 9w
#mastondon Friends! There is a TON of improvements we could make to Private Mentions (often called DMs on other platforms) e.g. * getting them out of the public timeline * Having a stronger notifica...
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@nprofile1q... Hey Scott! I'm so glad you're tackling this issue. I have lots of trouble with DMs on Mastodon. I think you're addressing, these, but here goes:

The biggest one is how easily they're confused with regular messages. I routinely mess this up, and make private messages public, or vice versa.

The next is how hard it is to visualize threads - especially in the existing notification section. I often lose my place in complex discussions