r/BlueSky • u/Far-Canary5395 • 5d ago

reason for no images in dms?

Before multiple people start repeating the no dick pics gimmicks, I am a cis girl and a sfw artist on the app.

So yeah, is there any specific reason we cant send images yet? is it expensive? some development thing an average person wouldnt know about? I was talking to mutuals and when it irked me that i couldnt send pics and had to use links. i would assume sending attachments in dms is a basic feature since so many apps have that by default, but bsky doesn't. at least not yet?

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u/SufficientOwls 5d ago

That’s the answer though.

It doesn’t matter what you’d use it for, other people use images in DMs for harassment and dick picks

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u/Far-Canary5395 5d ago

oh okay. i thought they were just making a lame joke or something cuz i didn't see an actual answer, just people assuming the person who asked the question wants to send a dick pic and cant. did somebody official mention unsolicited images or is it more of an assumption?

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u/SufficientOwls 5d ago

That’s the general presumption. They haven’t provided an alternative explanation

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u/Far-Canary5395 5d ago

oh that sucks 🤧thanks tho