Frankly its amusing to see the feedback people are giving @TeamYouTube about discontinuing direct messaging.
Most responses are that users were not even aware the facility existed. It has for many years but seldom worked properly and was always kinda hidden within the backend.
Yeah another example of a useful tool withdrawn that prompted and encouraged interaction with your audience (depending on how it was used). Like video responses. Its like they wanted to remove many of the community driven interactivity methods haha.
