I mean… I come from the forum scene and they were always called PMs, as in Private Message. What in the hell does DM stand for and when did things change from people calling them PMs to DMs.

  • @fattydrago@sh.itjust.works
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    431 year ago

    DM is direct message and seems to have started around the same time things culturally shifted away from forums and boards more toward social media.

    • @0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monsterOP
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      1 year ago

      And now people don’t even understand me, like I wrote “I’ll PM you” and they said “What 🤨” 🤦.

      Guess I’ll have to shift from using PM to DM… though it seems completely illogical to me, but hey, that’s life I guess.