I mean… I come from the forum scene and they were always called PMs, as in Private Message. What in the hell does DM stand for and when did things change from people calling them PMs to DMs.
I mean… I come from the forum scene and they were always called PMs, as in Private Message. What in the hell does DM stand for and when did things change from people calling them PMs to DMs.
I agree kind of. You say something in private, it can still be blabbed about town. It’s a violation of whatever relationship you had but is what it is. You dm someone same deal, but companies want to distance themselves from any avenue of attack, so dm is better. Also we 100% should count on instances to fold to legal pressure, they are people running it and probably don’t have big bank rolls.
That’s why I prefer pirate/NSFW instances. This account isn’t on that kind of instance, but my other accounts are. Pirate instances are preffered, since not many defederate from them because they’re not NSFW. They tend to pick their server’s locations very carefully, usually in countries that just don’t give AF about western law and policy (they call it “offshore hosting”, but in reality, they’re countries like Russia or China), so it’s really really hard to actually pressure them and even harder to get to the data. And even if they succseed, it’ll be after years, at which point, the trace will be cold and probably not worth persuing anyway.
This is one of the methods tycoons use to launder money, by doing bank transfers to banks in countries that don’t care about western policies and laws. And by doing a few back and forths, you’re essentially delaying the whole thing. Hell, some of these guys died waiting to be put on trial, lol 😂.