when did the term change from PM to DM and why?
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@Felthry In early early services there were arguments about calling them "Private" and how that was wrong because they could be read by administrators. I think that bubbled up when Twitter and Instagram popularized and they just called them DMs to not certify any kind of privacy. That's the story that gets tossed around, anyway.
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@trysdyn Coulda just called it a "personal message" and kept the familiar acronym though
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