I disagree. Sure it has some benefits and is not all bad, but there seems to be very few use cases where you really need a PM feature compared to the possible abuse that can be done through it.
I think an optional profile field to add a chat handle on Matrix or XMPP is sufficient for people to have a way to contact them directly.
Maybe PMs should be moderator only? Or at least the getting PMs from non-moderators could be opt-in?
i respect your disagreement, having that said, my middle ground would be to have the feature as an optional one by default, so people who wants to have that kind of interaction would be able to.
I think PM should be considered as a neutral feature that doesn’t harm communities on itself.
Sometimes the behabiour of the communities is the problem rather than the tools.
I disagree. Sure it has some benefits and is not all bad, but there seems to be very few use cases where you really need a PM feature compared to the possible abuse that can be done through it. I think an optional profile field to add a chat handle on Matrix or XMPP is sufficient for people to have a way to contact them directly.
Maybe PMs should be moderator only? Or at least the getting PMs from non-moderators could be opt-in?
i respect your disagreement, having that said, my middle ground would be to have the feature as an optional one by default, so people who wants to have that kind of interaction would be able to.