FYI
After Sept. 18, you’ll no longer be able to send or receive direct messages on YouTube as we focus our efforts on public convo tools (comments, posts, etc).
You can still share what you’re watching w/ others via the Share icon below videos.
More→ https://yt.be/help/9Hns
Well, they never worked for me so I will not be missing direct messages. Now would you kindly fix all the issues the other users are having on your platform please before making changes?