Twitter has once again made its platform less user-friendly for those who choose not to pay for a Blue subscription. The company has announced that it will soon implement a new rule that imposes a limit on the number of direct messages (DMs) unverified accounts can send per day. In a tweet, Twitter stated that this change is part of its efforts to reduce spam in DMs, which has recently increased significantly.
On July 14th, the website introduced a new message setting that sends DMs from accounts people follow to their primary inbox, and DMs from verified users they don’t follow to their message request inbox. Twitter reported a 70 percent decrease in spam messages just one week after the introduction of this new setting. Prior to that, the website restricted the ability to send DMs to non-followers to Blue subscribers only.
Although Twitter claims that the upcoming change aims to reduce DM spam, it is yet another move that subtly encourages unverified users to pay for a Blue membership. In fact, the…
2023-07-22 07:00:35
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