Emily Shephard wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:20

Kora Eliot wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:18

Emily Shephard wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:14 I'm going to ask a realllllllly stupid question which I kinda already know the answer to.

What's the difference between a DM and a message?

doesn't dm stand for direct message?

Yeah! Right?

See, my tutor was asking us for availability for taking performance workshops and she was saying, "send me a message (in which she means a private one to her) or a DM" and I'm kinda thinking aren't they... The same thing?

I've always thought of them as the same thing.

Kora Eliot wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:22 I can't sleep

*sings a lullaby*

Joseph Sims wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:24

Kora Eliot wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:22 I can't sleep

*sings a lullaby*

*harmonises with you*

Joseph Sims wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:24

Kora Eliot wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:22 I can't sleep

*sings a lullaby*

Thank you Mr Sims but alas my brain is just to busy to sleep

Avery Gray wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:22

Emily Shephard wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:20

Kora Eliot wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:18

Emily Shephard wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:14 I'm going to ask a realllllllly stupid question which I kinda already know the answer to.

What's the difference between a DM and a message?

doesn't dm stand for direct message?

Yeah! Right?

See, my tutor was asking us for availability for taking performance workshops and she was saying, "send me a message (in which she means a private one to her) or a DM" and I'm kinda thinking aren't they... The same thing?

I've always thought of them as the same thing.

She's always been a bit... Pernickity? I guess? With instructions.

Like, she'll go "I requested a DM for [...]" when someone just sends a public response in a group chat... Even when it's something as trivial as availability.

And then the flip side is that she describes a message and a DM as the same thing (sometimes!) or different (most of the time)

EMMI. would you please maybe be able to post the next huffie advent post possibly? i always love to see whos next

Ellie Randensmith wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 20:15

Avery Gray wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 19:50 Same here. My school is very strict. (For other reasons besides kids playing games in class), so I'm lucky I can still access the site on my school computer.

same, my school blocked all music websites like spotify

So, the reason they block all those, as annoying and infuriating as it may be, is to reduce your distractions and to try and keep your attention on your school work and on your teacher (and their lesson).

So like, I remember getting a chromebook in 2017, the first year I mainstreamed, and I was excited and was able to pretty much have unrestricted access. Over the years though, about maybe 80% of the sites became blocked and if the teacher deemed a specific site necessary, they'd reach out to IT and IT would unlock the site for that class period.

(well, that isn't the only reason some sites are blocked, others are due to the content that may be displayed on their sites that may not be appropriate for school environments)

Paris Soliel wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:28 EMMI. would you please maybe be able to post the next huffie advent post possibly? i always love to see whos next

oh wait nvm we's in different time zones and it was today already for you when it was yesterday for me. my bad. sorry

Paris Soliel wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:28 EMMI. would you please maybe be able to post the next huffie advent post possibly? i always love to see whos next

I updated my last post to feature today's calendar update!

I was going to wait until someone else posted in the chat thread so that whoever's next gets pinged properly for tomorrow's

Elmo Break wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 22:28

Ellie Randensmith wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 20:15

Avery Gray wrote: 17 Dec 2025, 19:50 Same here. My school is very strict. (For other reasons besides kids playing games in class), so I'm lucky I can still access the site on my school computer.

same, my school blocked all music websites like spotify

So, the reason they block all those, as annoying and infuriating as it may be, is to reduce your distractions and to try and keep your attention on your school work and on your teacher (and their lesson).

So like, I remember getting a chromebook in 2017, the first year I mainstreamed, and I was excited and was able to pretty much have unrestricted access. Over the years though, about maybe 80% of the sites became blocked and if the teacher deemed a specific site necessary, they'd reach out to IT and IT would unlock the site for that class period.

(well, that isn't the only reason some sites are blocked, others are due to the content that may be displayed on their sites that may not be appropriate for school environments)

That's true