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DM = Direct Message. It's a Twitter term...
BigPapasan 3 Reviews 118 reads
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...but it's essentially the same thing as a PM.

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impposter1086 reads

Most of us use PM for Private Message (Mail) or Private Messaging (Mailing). An increasing number of posters are writing "DM" where I think they mean PM. Unless there is a meaning for DM that I'm not getting. .
It's not a simple typo (D/F  K/L C/V keys are next to each other; the D is way over on the left and the P is way over on the right).  I guess it could be Dyslexic Messaging. Or is DM some other conventional abbreviation for private messaging that I'm not savvy about?

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BigPapasan119 reads

...but it's essentially the same thing as a PM.

Related Link: https://www.techopedia.com/definition/28510/direct-message-dm-twitter

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hiddenhills120 reads

Direct Message

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impposter117 reads

I never knew that and it explains a lot.
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However, when in Rome, do as the Romans. When in TER, ....

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mrfisher173 reads

then IM should be indirect message, but IM is already instant message (Is that a thing anymore?  You hardly ever hear about it.)

 
What would an indirect message consist of?   You tell one person who is a blabbermouth expecting they will tell the person for whom the message is intended?

 
There's already too much of that going on around here.

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BigPapasan106 reads

Related Link: ...It's going the way of TER's Chat Room

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impposter119 reads

Posted By: BigPapasan
Re: Use it while you still can, fish...
He can keep using it after it goes dark. It's just that it will REALLY be an IM at that point.
Related Link: Off Into the Ether

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