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Do people not read messages? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by WhoRoger@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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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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[โ€“] Die4Ever@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I spun up my own instance I tested DMs back and forth and had no issues, there's nothing special you need to do for that.

[โ€“] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm thinking more between instances where one or both might be overloaded. But I see even under normal conditions some things don't federate properly, so I dunno about messages.