There should be a clear distinction between the function and purpose of rooms & DMs. Where rooms are freeform and their purpose varies by topic, DMs instead should:
Only ever exist once between a set of person(s)
Be deterministically rediscovered when DMing over time
Summary
There should be a clear distinction between the function and purpose of rooms & DMs. Where rooms are freeform and their purpose varies by topic, DMs instead should:
Related web issue (old, needs refreshing): https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/10765 Related MSC: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2199 Related issue: https://github.com/vector-im/product/issues/25