happy monday! you haven’t heard from us for a bit because we haven’t shipped anything major in a bit! jae’s back from vacation and is putting the finishing touches on Asks, and today we’ve got something new.
a common feature request that we get is for a direct messaging system. people often need a way to contact each other privately and, since we don’t have DMs, there’s not an obvious way to do that.
we’ve said before that we have no intention of ever shipping direct messages for several reasons — most important among them that we believe other platforms do a better job than we ever could, and we really do not want to be in a position where we have to moderate DMs.
today we’re shipping Profile Links, an easy way to list contact information in your profile with privacy controls built in. as of now, you can set links to be visible to: everyone, only logged-in users, or only pages you follow. despite the name, they don’t have to be links; you can put whatever you want in there!
you can set these up from your edit profile page. we’d love to hear your feedback on how we can improve this feature moving forward.
that’s all for now! we’re hoping to have asks out this week as well, after which jae will be getting started on user tipping.
thanks, as always, for using cohost! 
i've been stoked about this for a bit! good to finally get em for myself!


