Twitter to impose daily DM limits for unverified accounts, citing effort to 'reduce spam'
Twitter has yet to specify what the daily DM limits will be, and the decision has not gone down well with verified and unverified users.
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More controversial changes are coming to Twitter, with the social media platform set to introduce daily direct message (DM) limits for unverified users.
In a July 21 tweet, Twitter Support said the platform “will soon be implementing some changes in our efforts to reduce direct message spam.”
"Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send," he said, inviting users to sign up for his Twitter Blue subscription service.
We will soon be implementing changes in our efforts to reduce spam in private messages. Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send. Subscribe today to post more: https://t.co/0CI4NTRw75
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 21, 2023It hasn't been clarified what the daily limits will be at this point, but there has been a relatively negative reaction in the comments, with verified and unverified opinions expressing their opinions on the move.
Top comment from user @FGRAdam has over 1,000 likes at the time of writing, and offers a skeptical perspective on the coming change:
"Changes like this are why other apps will start to compete, don't limit your users on the basics, that's not Twitter's goal. The point of paying for Twitter blue is that we have additional features so we don't take away a common free feature and put a paywall behind it."
"In our opinion, this is a sales funnel to get more users verified and in [Twitter] Blue, not to fight spam," added the popular citizen journalist account @AustimCapital.
Several users too...
Twitter has yet to specify what the daily DM limits will be, and the decision has not gone down well with verified and unverified users.
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More controversial changes are coming to Twitter, with the social media platform set to introduce daily direct message (DM) limits for unverified users.
In a July 21 tweet, Twitter Support said the platform “will soon be implementing some changes in our efforts to reduce direct message spam.”
"Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send," he said, inviting users to sign up for his Twitter Blue subscription service.
We will soon be implementing changes in our efforts to reduce spam in private messages. Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send. Subscribe today to post more: https://t.co/0CI4NTRw75
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 21, 2023It hasn't been clarified what the daily limits will be at this point, but there has been a relatively negative reaction in the comments, with verified and unverified opinions expressing their opinions on the move.
Top comment from user @FGRAdam has over 1,000 likes at the time of writing, and offers a skeptical perspective on the coming change:
"Changes like this are why other apps will start to compete, don't limit your users on the basics, that's not Twitter's goal. The point of paying for Twitter blue is that we have additional features so we don't take away a common free feature and put a paywall behind it."
"In our opinion, this is a sales funnel to get more users verified and in [Twitter] Blue, not to fight spam," added the popular citizen journalist account @AustimCapital.
Several users too...
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