Misconception that "making DM public increases the amount of information."

I was thinking about the opinion that “taking private communication to public channel increases the amount of information and prevents it from being passed around”DM

• It’s the system’s inability to distinguish between [I don’t mind seeing it.” and “I want you to see it.”

  • Whether the lack of distinction is due to software specifications or the way the work is run is irrelevant.

• Making information public increases the amount of information that can be “seen”.

  • If the information you “want” to see is properly Mentioned., then that’s all you need to see.
  • Failure to distinguish between “may see” and “want to see” information leads to “want to see” information being mixed in with “may see” information.
    • →I end up having to watch the whole thing.

• Responsibility to Mention” Culture

  • If the sender did not mentions the information he/she wants the receiver to see,
  • The sender is responsible for any problems caused by the recipient’s failure to read it.

• If this culture is established.

  • The sender mentions what they want you to see.
  • Recipients see preferentially what is mentions.
  • → No amount of other “look good” information will be a burden.

• The burden on the reader and the burden on the writer

  • If the information is publicly written and pointed to by permalinks, it’s less work for the writer.
    • Just point to it and say, “Look at this.”
  • If the information is only in the DM or other places where it cannot be pointed to, there will be copy and paste and other hassles.
    • Disadvantages of e-mail-based communication

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