Ability to send a private message directly on github.com #15580
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Hi! @wealthysync
ui/ux |
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This could allow above all to be on all social networks: as a company, your presence on social networks conveys:
Allowing messages to be sent to GitHub accounts would remove the social barrier between companies and developers. |
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Hi everyone! conceptimage descriptionthis image is an idea of this feature |
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Great idea! +1 👍🏻 |
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Hi all! The cool thing would be to be able to set a time when the message will be deleted or have the option to delete the private message. Here is an interesting topic that could help this topic here: #16739 |
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I answered here, so I'm sharing it |
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This would be great and very helpful for collaboration with other developers. GitHub should definitely consider adding this feature. |
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great idea! |
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I like the idea! Sometimes you want to ask a question directly to a developer instead of writing an issue to get in contact. Sometimes email or other kinds of ways are not possible since they do not share it. |
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This post on stackoverflow from 2012 says Github used to have a private messaging function. Wonder why they removed it. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12686545/how-to-leave-a-message-for-a-github-com-user |
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I would be interested in this feature purely on a per-issue basis. E.g. if someone comments on an issue, I would like to be able to provide some additional information to that person in the context of the issue. It could go both ways, e.g. to post sensitive additional information. No need to contact that person outside of the issue (for me). In other words, when an issue has a list of participants, it should be possible to add comments visible only to a selection of the participants (plus official team members of the project) |
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The use case is - discussing sponsorship of a specific issue. People do not want to have money conversations in public. |
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If GitHub Discussions adds the ability to create private discussion that can only be viewed by the owner or member of the repository, I think it could be a good replacement. If so, you could create discussions in your personal profile repository and use them for personal use. |
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I am shocked this still isn't a feature! |
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I've had a need to contact someone privately (non-public) on Github a number of times over the years, for discussing issues that aren't the public's concern, or for discussing topics that are not specific to any one repository. And sometimes, I want others to be able to contact ME on Github – and I don't follow them or even know their accounts. But most glaringly, there's no way to take a public conversation private between consenting members, without exposing sensitive information in a public forum. Here's something I've wanted many times:
I understand the potential for abuse with any kind of direct messaging, and the can of worms opened to manage such a feature, but there must be some way to minimize the downside with filters, permissions, or some kind of intelligent logic. Hoping this gets more attention. |
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It would be nice if we could send private messages to users directly on github.com. With the ability to only allow followers to contact us.
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