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0 pointslegutierr1y ago0 comments

Exactly. I often wish GitHub had a messaging capability, for these same reasons.

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GitHub used to have DMs, they removed them, presumably due to spam and harassment.

The thing is that a closed system like DMs on a platform can be more effectively monitored for spam than something like email (or phone calls or texts) because everything is under single control.

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0 pointslegutierr1y ago0 comments

Exactly. I often wish GitHub had a messaging capability, for these same reasons.

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com2kid1y ago

GitHub used to have DMs, they removed them, presumably due to spam and harassment.

dhosek1y ago

The thing is that a closed system like DMs on a platform can be more effectively monitored for spam than something like email (or phone calls or texts) because everything is under single control.

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