[ih] deterioration of email (was Re: clever usc creation)

[Greg Skinner]

On Jul 29, 2026, at 11:37 AM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> On 7/29/26 11:28, John R. Levine wrote:
>> Huh, never heard anyone use "email" to mean that.
> There's new jargon.  It took me a while to realize that "DM me!" meant the same as "send me an email", but required using the recipient's chosen system for communicating with others.
> /Jack
> 

Odd.  I have never heard or seen this.  When I see or hear “DM”, “PM”, or the like, the “M” refers to messaging, not email.  Some people use “inbox” as a synonym for “message”.

Out of curiosity, where do you see or hear this?

--gregbo