• jaybone@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        I knew some reply to this would lead us down the road of semantic pedantry.

        This is also a text message. Would you say I am texting you right now?

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          6 months ago

          Its not SMS but PM’s could totally read pretty similar.

          And in most of the world they font use SMS; WhatsApp is the standard when someone says ‘text me’.

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          6 months ago

          Texting has usually been associated with sending a text message to a specific target, or specific targets in a group text, but not a room, forum, or public space. So yes, dms and texting are virtually identical. Posting on lemmy, reddit, Facebook, Twitter, etc would not be, unless you again specifically selected individuals to send a direct messgae.