Robin-Yann Storm on Nostr: You may have received DMs on YouTube for no particular reason, or even seen DMs being ...
You may have received DMs on YouTube for no particular reason, or even seen DMs being sent without you sending any.
This is because YouTube started adding your account information to any links you send.
If you find this really annoying and awful like I do, you can disable it in Settings -> Privacy
Published at
2026-06-22 09:36:02 UTCEvent JSON
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