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Do people not read messages? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Over the weeks I've sent a bunch of messages, like offering mod positions, asking for things etc. and I get no responses to about half of them.

Sure, nobody owes me a reply, but I'm wondering if there's a different reason, such as:

  1. Ignoring all notifications, because there's no immediate distinction between a DM or a comment reply

  2. Using an app that doesn't support messages (which one would that be?)

  3. Federation issues (when sending a DM to a different instance)

Thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Liftoff is a pretty popular app and it doesn't have DM support either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It supports messages.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Where? If I click on my profile I only see messages I've posted.~~

Oh, it's the bell at the top left, I had no idea. Kinda the same ambiguous UX as on Lemmy, would be nice if it had a dedicated inbox tab on the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I believe Lemmy bundles both messages and reply notifications together.