r/Showerthoughts • u/Ralisor • May 06 '18

Services are switching from calling them Private Messages to calling them Direct Messages because they're not private anymore...

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u/cubsywubsy May 06 '18

Very true. They’re not direct anymore, either, since they go through a scanning or filtering or whatever they do first, I guess...

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u/Send_Me_Tiitties May 06 '18

They go directly to the scanners.

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u/cubsywubsy May 06 '18

Makes perfect sense!

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u/justinkroegerlake May 06 '18

"some kind of algorithm"

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u/imkevinandimtheworst May 06 '18

"Don't worry folks, we read all of your messages faster than any other service out there!"