Bluesky Finally Launches DM Feature, Others Users Can Exchange Messages

Chat room display in Bluesky/DOK Bluesky

JAKARTA Bluesky, a microblog platform developed by Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey, has received an update again. Starting Wednesday, May 22, the platform can exchange messages via the Direct Messenger (DM) feature. By launching this new feature, Bluesky users can now connect via private messages. Not only sending and receiving messages, Bluesky also brings control to set up who can send messages. "This is a one-to-one private message within the Bluesky application. By default, you (can) allow anyone you follow to send DM to you. You can change this setting so that no one can send you a message," explained Bluesky. In DM Settings, there are three controls that users can choose, namely receiving messages from Everyone, Users who are Followed, or No One. These settings only apply to newly incoming messages, not messages in chat rooms.

Although this setting does not apply to conversations that already occur, users can stop messages from the interlocutor if the account that sends messages is blocked. However, if the account is only muted, the account can still send messages. To use the DM feature, click the Chat icon at the bottom of the screen. After that, click the plus icon to start a new conversation and search for the user you want to send a message to. After selecting the account, you can directly type messages and send them. If you don't get a warning that you can't send a message, this happens because of the settings of the person you want to send a message to. The reason is, the user of the account does not allow messages from people who are not followed or not from anyone.