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27 May 2016

The DM slide: an investigation

What is it? Why does it cause such trouble? And how can you be better at it?

By Stephanie Boland

“What is a DM slide?”

The minute I proposed this piece I spotted a problem. “I’m going to do a piece on ‘the DM slide’”, I’d say. “Partially because it’s socially interesting and could tell us a lot about how we talk online. Partially” – I’d laugh – “because I want to figure out how to improve the quality of my inbox.”

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