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What do you do when someone won't take complaints to DM?

  • February 4, 2026
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kate.meyers emery
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We launched a new product and there’s been some challenges, so it’s no surprise we’re seeing comments about it on our social media posts (often ones that are unrelated to the product). 

Usually I have pretty good luck asking them to take the conversation to DM so I can get their email and other private contact info so I can have our customer success team reach out. But recently, people just want to keep complaining in public and try to give me that information on comments.

One hypothesis I have is that they don’t know what a DM is, so I’ve changed to saying direct message. But wondering if maybe that’s too confusing. 

Anyone have experience and thoughts on this? 

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melissa.macgregor
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Hi Kate,

We will typically try to get them to DM us or call our resident relations phone number. If they still complain, we will switch to private message and reply to the public message “Please check your messages for a response from us.” For us, if it is a specific location, we have have our property manager reach out if it continues to escalate. 

If they put a phone number, email address, etc., we will hide the message. I know Sprout now offers the PII capability but it’s not something we currently use.