I think DMs get added thoughtlessly to every new platform but if I was starting one in 2025 I wouldn't. From Skype to Instagram I think they make all platforms worse.<p>I have a list of "expressions of hostility" that to train my agent for in social media profiles and one of the most common is "no DMs", "I will block you if you send me DMs if you don't know me...", etc. [1]<p>DMs attract all sorts of cringe like that behavior from Musk but particularly the "Romance Scams" where you get some message like "Hey!" which is probably an attempt to do something really terrible to you. As a photographer I would love to convert interest in my profile to gigs but I'd have to receive hundreds of cringegrams to get one message I want.<p>[1] Unlike the others (e.g. "no MAGA") this one doesn't result in a "do not follow" classification in that it is so common and I don't believe associated with negative emotional posts