This is the time to start thinking about the long-term sustainability and governance of the new, bigger Mastodon, says Alek Tarkowski.
  • The King
    5•1 year ago

    > As new users set up their accounts and start using Mastodon, they realize that some things work differently than on Twitter … DMs are complicated, and there are concerns about their security.

    Isn’t the security model for Mastodon DMs the same as Twitter?

      • @nutomicA
        5•1 year ago

        Afaik DMs on Twitter are also not encrypted, so moderators or other employees can view them. So the number of people who can view your DMs on Twitter is probably much higher (hundreds of employees) compared to Mastodon (a couple of server admins).

    • Sr Estegosaurio
      5•1 year ago

      Yeah, both have the exact same unexisting security model.

    • @pizza_is_yum@slrpnk.net
      4•1 year ago

      If, on Mastodon, you make a DM between you and someone else, then you @ a third user in that DM, then the third user becomes able to see that DM. At least that’s what I heard a few weeks ago.

      This is because DMs are, regrettably, just normal posts with default visibility of two people. If you @ more people, then they gain visibility into the DM.

      • @nutomicA
        5•1 year ago

        Its exposed to the admins of instances where the involved users are registered. For example if @sally@mastodon.social sends a dm to @nelly@example.com, only the admins of mastodon.social and example.com can access it.