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@ThisIsJoFrank I myself stepped back from MC-ing at this when I failed to get enough info or confidence in the event.

I did so quietly since I didn't want to undermine speakers who were still committed, but I do think it's important to share cautionary info like this to avoid future troubles.

@Jack_Franklin How dare you tell the truth

@nhoizey Thanks. I've learnt that different instances may have different styling of this. Here on my instance it currently looks like this in my timeline

Treating myself to a posh tea break, by putting some biscuits on a plate.

@sturobson I'm a bobby dazzler.

@elliotjaystocks Oh yeah! Heady times!

It seems that these are indeed private (not to be confused with secure), but the UI on different instances do not all make this equally clear.

And @-ing a user in your DM will add them to the discussion from that post onwards.

@IanKDuffy @DasSurma Ooft.

Treating myself to a posh tea break, by putting some biscuits on a plate.

@Robb @sturobson Innnnnnteresting

@DasSurma I’m thinking it is, but under heavy load at the moment. I’d take nothing for granted, but also not give up hope.

@DasSurma Mine took 26 hours. But I've heard stories of people getting theirs after 6 days.

🤞

@spences10 Heh.

Perhaps I should say (and consider it) "not broadcast to the public timeline"

@peduarte @raycastapp Perfection

@bruised_blood Yeah, that's right.
I've done some testing and exploring now.

And if you @ somebody in a DM, they get added to the conversation from that message onwards. Which I think is useful to understand.

@thePeterAyeni LOL!

@karin 👍

@karin 🍿

@karin @whitep4nth3r ohhhh!

@karin @whitep4nth3r

Initiating a DM is still not a confident thing for me. I can't create a new DM via the DM tab... seems that's just starting a message with and @.

Is that that you did, @karin ?

@rom I see you. And I've done some tests now. Thanks all!

@karin @whitep4nth3r

...which perhaps makes us all a little better :)

@ask Thanks!

I've learned that by mentioning somebody with @, you'll add them to the DM thread from that point on. Which is an important detail to know, I think.

@whitep4nth3r @karin

OK, good to know!

@karin @whitep4nth3r Ah. Yes. You do indeed.

Some hints are there, but this does need a little more awareness in order to not make a public gaff IMO.

Knowing that @-ing someone adds them to the thread is an important detail.

@ppk I'm doing that right now. :)

And the fact you don't know about it is another good validation.

(Other guinea pigs were used in the conducting of this DM test.)