It might help to define acronyms. What is a DM, even the article does not say. Hip jargon and acronyms have become a foreign language. Decimeter, designated marksman, diebold manufacturing, delinquent mother, deadly maneuver, which is it?
direct mail
A DM, I gather, is a Direct Message. By that, they mean a private message, because other posts on Instagram are visible to the public.
I didn’t know either, Fungi. Upon investigation, it means Direct Message. I’m actually glad I didn’t know what that meant!
DoucheMassaging
Or direct messaging
There are an awful lot of arrogant people who seem to think that if they know something, EVERYONE knows it, or should know it, and if you don’t know what they know, you’re just an ignorant hack.
It’s a very aggravating attitude.