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can I send a PM to someone on mastodon, public or private?

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[–] glitching@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

thank you, very thorough. are them messages public somewhere, on my or their profile or whathaveyou?

[–] sjmarf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The Lemmy UI doesn’t allow you to see others’ private messages, no, but you shouldn’t consider them to be private. It’s possible for instance admins to read them, and in the past there’s been exploits allowing anyone to read them. If you need more private messaging, use Matrix instead.