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
Good, that feature just felt really out of place on youtube, like that dumbass story feature that I feel was only added to compete with IG, not to help creators keep in touch with their audience, ESPECIALLY WHEN I KEEP GETTING STORIES FROM CREATORS I’VE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE