you mean direct messages?
release 2.6 revamped support for them. this means they were already supported before.
2.6 was a while before 3.0. I can tell because 2 < 3.
mastodon supported OStatus, and did direct messages, presumably just not with OStatus
this is not so hard to understand
such things happen all the time with programs that care about interoperability
you know that file you saved with an old word processor
you can still load it with a newer word processor, despite the addition of new features
you may even be able to save it back for the older word processor to be able to load it, but newer features may be discarded
it's not rocket science, just good engineering that benefits users
now, I guess I know why you are arguing
I assume you're not trying to embarrass yourself, and that you're not as stupid as you're pretending to be, so I must conclude you're trolling
it's not cool to troll a person who's autistic and tends to interpret things literally
you seemed nice at first
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