When you maintain your direct messages open on Twitter, you might have observed an unnatural quietness in your notifications currently. However it’s not associated to fee limiting. As an alternative, Twitter started rolling out a settings tweak final week—and made it the brand new default.
Beforehand, Twitter’s direct message settings supplied these three decisions: Enable message requests from everybody (aka open DMs), Enable message requests solely from individuals you observe (aka closed DMs), and Enable message requests solely from Verified customers (which additionally allowed messages from individuals you observe). All of those messages went straight to your inbox.
However as announced last Thursday by the Twitter Assist account, the verified customers possibility has now modified to Enable message requests from Verified customers and other people you observe solely. Although it might sound at first like a mere distinction in wording, selecting this technique of screening will filter your incoming messages into separate inboxes. These from customers you observe will go to a main inbox, whereas DMs from Twitter Blue subscribers will go to a message request inbox. And as a part of this replace, all customers who beforehand had their DMs open received migrated to this new third setting.
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Whereas this alteration is defined as designed to assist cut back the quantity of spam acquired in DMs, it additionally blocks messages from customers who don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue. Luckily, you possibly can simply undo this new (and certain undesirable) default. Head to Settings > Privateness and Security > Direct Messages, then re-select the choice for Enable Message Requests from everybody.
With latest experiences of Twitter’s income being down by 50 p.c, this transfer seems to be a strategy to improve the perceived enchantment of Twitter Blue for potential subscribers. If a consumer with beforehand open DMs doesn’t know to alter their settings, getting verified via Twitter Blue can be the one strategy to get their consideration by way of DM. Judging by the comments from users on Twitter, the transfer will not be a preferred one, nevertheless—which may presumably improve the enchantment of rivals like Meta’s newly launched Threads.
