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I don't understand the hype; how many people are chatting with people they don't know on Signal?
For me it can replace DMs everywhere. Put your username in your profile and get actually secure DMs.
But wouldn't that just put you at risk of spam and other malicious messages?
Don’t accept the message/block them? Same as any other DM system. Or just change your username.
In addition to what the other user said, usernames are both optional and easy to change in order to prevent spammers from finding you. Plus, they can only make so many accounts themselves, with the phone number limitation in tow.