• RogueBanana@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    What’s the difference between the two? I haven’t used reddit since the api shit and I don’t remember seeing 2 separate messaging options before that.

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      2 days ago

      private messages as its called, when you directly send a message to someone, nobody else can see it. a chat is public and its possible to be join in the chat.

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      7 days ago

      By removing the language of “private” from the feature they can now sell your data without having to tell you about it

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        7 days ago

        I did guess that much but I am still interested on what others were talking about and why is chat worse than PM, feature wise.