diff --git a/src/routes/_actions/streaming.js b/src/routes/_actions/streaming.js
index 72b9f26c..3bd6f297 100644
--- a/src/routes/_actions/streaming.js
+++ b/src/routes/_actions/streaming.js
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ function processMessage (instanceName, timelineName, message) {
     case 'notification':
       addStatusOrNotification(instanceName, 'notifications', JSON.parse(payload))
       break
+    case 'conversation':
+      // This is a hack in order to mostly fit the conversation model into
+      // a timeline of statuses. To have a clean implementation we would need to
+      // reproduce what is done for statuses for the conversation.
+      //
+      // It will add new DMs as new conversations intead of updating existing threads
+      addStatusOrNotification(instanceName, timelineName, JSON.parse(payload).last_status)
+      break
   }
   stop('processMessage')
 }
@@ -24,7 +32,12 @@ export function createStream (streamingApi, instanceName, accessToken,
   timelineName, onOpenStream) {
   return new TimelineStream(streamingApi, accessToken, timelineName, {
     onMessage (msg) {
-      if (msg.event !== 'update' && msg.event !== 'delete' && msg.event !== 'notification') {
+      if (
+        msg.event !== 'update' &&
+        msg.event !== 'delete' &&
+        msg.event !== 'notification' &&
+        msg.event !== 'conversation'
+      ) {
         console.error("don't know how to handle event", msg)
         return
       }
diff --git a/src/routes/_api/TimelineStream.js b/src/routes/_api/TimelineStream.js
index 4c6e73df..1baef004 100644
--- a/src/routes/_api/TimelineStream.js
+++ b/src/routes/_api/TimelineStream.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ function getStreamName (timeline) {
       return 'user'
     case 'notifications':
       return 'user:notification'
+    case 'conversations':
+      return 'direct'
   }
   if (timeline.startsWith('tag/')) {
     return 'hashtag'
diff --git a/src/routes/_api/timelines.js b/src/routes/_api/timelines.js
index 7fc1c727..25e9f5c0 100644
--- a/src/routes/_api/timelines.js
+++ b/src/routes/_api/timelines.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ function getTimelineUrlPath (timeline) {
       return 'notifications'
     case 'favorites':
       return 'favourites'
+    case 'conversations':
+      return 'conversations'
   }
   if (timeline.startsWith('tag/')) {
     return 'timelines/tag'
@@ -61,5 +63,8 @@ export function getTimeline (instanceName, accessToken, timeline, maxId, since,
 
   url += '?' + paramsString(params)
 
-  return get(url, auth(accessToken), { timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT })
+  const timelineRequest = get(url, auth(accessToken), { timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT })
+
+  if (timeline !== 'conversations') return timelineRequest
+  return timelineRequest.then(items => items.map(item => item.last_status))
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/_components/NavShortcuts.html b/src/routes/_components/NavShortcuts.html
index a2aed5b9..edbeb590 100644
--- a/src/routes/_components/NavShortcuts.html
+++ b/src/routes/_components/NavShortcuts.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 <Shortcut key="g h" on:pressed="goto('/')"/>
 <Shortcut key="g n" on:pressed="goto('/notifications')"/>
 <Shortcut key="g c" on:pressed="goto('/community')"/>
+<Shortcut key="g d" on:pressed="goto('/conversations')"/>
 <Shortcut key="s" on:pressed="goto('/search')"/>
 <Shortcut key="h|?" on:pressed="showShortcutHelpDialog()"/>
 <Shortcut key="c" on:pressed="showComposeDialog()"/>
diff --git a/src/routes/_components/ShortcutHelpInfo.html b/src/routes/_components/ShortcutHelpInfo.html
index c939e92c..39abc9e3 100644
--- a/src/routes/_components/ShortcutHelpInfo.html
+++ b/src/routes/_components/ShortcutHelpInfo.html
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       <li><kbd>g</kbd> + <kbd>l</kbd> to go to the local timeline</li>
       <li><kbd>g</kbd> + <kbd>t</kbd> to go to the federated timeline</li>
       <li><kbd>g</kbd> + <kbd>c</kbd> to go to the community page</li>
+      <li><kbd>g</kbd> + <kbd>d</kbd> to go to the conversations page</li>
       <li><kbd>h</kbd> or <kbd>?</kbd> to toggle the help dialog</li>
       <li><kbd>Backspace</kbd> to go back, close dialogs</li>
     </ul>
diff --git a/src/routes/_components/status/Status.html b/src/routes/_components/status/Status.html
index 03c155d2..ef40955a 100644
--- a/src/routes/_components/status/Status.html
+++ b/src/routes/_components/status/Status.html
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@
     border-bottom: 1px solid var(--main-border);
   }
 
-  .status-article.status-direct {
-    background-color: var(--status-direct-background);
-  }
-
   .status-article:focus {
     outline: none; /* focus is on the parent instead */
   }
@@ -288,7 +284,6 @@
       className: ({ visibility, timelineType, isStatusInOwnThread, $underlineLinks, $disableTapOnStatus }) => (classname(
         'status-article',
         'shortcut-list-item',
-        visibility === 'direct' && 'status-direct',
         timelineType !== 'search' && 'status-in-timeline',
         isStatusInOwnThread && 'status-in-own-thread',
         $underlineLinks && 'underline-links',
diff --git a/src/routes/_pages/community/index.html b/src/routes/_pages/community/index.html
index a2bf9cf7..565e4bec 100644
--- a/src/routes/_pages/community/index.html
+++ b/src/routes/_pages/community/index.html
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
                   icon="#fa-star"
                   pinnable="true"
     />
+    <PageListItem href="/conversations"
+                  label="Conversations"
+                  icon="#fa-envelope"
+                  pinnable="true"
+    />
   </PageList>
 
   {#if $lists.length}
diff --git a/src/routes/_pages/conversations.html b/src/routes/_pages/conversations.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1d801d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/_pages/conversations.html
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{#if $isUserLoggedIn}
+  <TimelinePage timeline="conversations">
+    {#if $pinnedPage !== '/conversations'}
+      <DynamicPageBanner title="Conversations" icon="#fa-envelope"/>
+    {/if}
+  </TimelinePage>
+{:else}
+  <HiddenFromSSR>
+    <FreeTextLayout>
+      <h1>Conversations</h1>
+
+      <p>Your conversations will appear here when logged in.</p>
+    </FreeTextLayout>
+  </HiddenFromSSR>
+{/if}
+<script>
+  import TimelinePage from '../_components/TimelinePage.html'
+  import FreeTextLayout from '../_components/FreeTextLayout.html'
+  import { store } from '../_store/store.js'
+  import HiddenFromSSR from '../_components/HiddenFromSSR'
+  import DynamicPageBanner from '../_components/DynamicPageBanner.html'
+
+  export default {
+    store: () => store,
+    components: {
+      TimelinePage,
+      FreeTextLayout,
+      HiddenFromSSR,
+      DynamicPageBanner
+    }
+  }
+</script>
diff --git a/src/routes/_store/computations/navComputations.js b/src/routes/_store/computations/navComputations.js
index e1f249ce..8cdf6084 100644
--- a/src/routes/_store/computations/navComputations.js
+++ b/src/routes/_store/computations/navComputations.js
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ export function navComputations (store) {
           svg: '#fa-globe',
           label: 'Federated'
         }
+      } else if (pinnedPage === '/conversations') {
+        pinnedPageObject = {
+          name: 'conversations',
+          href: '/conversations',
+          svg: '#fa-envelope',
+          label: 'Conversations'
+        }
       } else if (pinnedPage === '/favorites') {
         pinnedPageObject = {
           name: 'favorites',
diff --git a/src/routes/_store/observers/timelineObservers.js b/src/routes/_store/observers/timelineObservers.js
index 69e7755f..08da9238 100644
--- a/src/routes/_store/observers/timelineObservers.js
+++ b/src/routes/_store/observers/timelineObservers.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export function timelineObservers () {
       !(
         timeline !== 'local' &&
         timeline !== 'federated' &&
+        timeline !== 'conversations' &&
         !timeline.startsWith('list/') &&
         !timeline.startsWith('tag/')
       )
diff --git a/src/routes/conversations.html b/src/routes/conversations.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9ca42bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/conversations.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<Title name="Favorites" />
+
+  <LazyPage {pageComponent} {params} />
+
+<script>
+  import Title from './_components/Title.html'
+  import LazyPage from './_components/LazyPage.html'
+  import pageComponent from './_pages/conversations.html'
+
+  export default {
+    components: {
+
+      Title,
+      LazyPage
+    },
+    data: () => ({
+      pageComponent
+    })
+  }
+</script>