Direct Messaging on YouTube Shutting Down on September 18

Aug. 21, 2019

YouTube is shutting down its direct messaging service from September 18. The announcement was made Tuesday by a Google employee on the company’sofficial support pages, but she didn’t seem to cite any particular reason for the decision.

According to Googler Hazel:“We’re constantly reevaluating our priorities and have decided to discontinue YouTube’s native direct messaging feature while we focus on improving public conversations”.

Direct Messaging on YouTube is yet another feature that now seems destined for the graveyard, alongside many other services from Google, including, most notably, Google+,Google Allo,Google Trips, and Reader. While this is just a (relatively) small feature in the larger scheme of things, it will still be interesting to hear why the company is scrapping it, since it still seems to have many loyal users.

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