Twitter has made an important change in its policy regarding direct messages from non-subscribers to Twitter Blue in an effort to reduce annoyance and misconduct on its platform, although the company did not specify the exact limit for the number of direct messages, it stated that the changes will take effect starting from Friday, this move comes as part of Twitter’s efforts to improve user experience and minimize harassment and unwanted messages through direct messages on the platform.
Adding a feature to reduce annoyance
With billionaire Elon Musk joining Twitter’s ownership, his interest in solving the issue of annoyance on the platform has increased, in this context, Twitter recently launched a new feature aimed at reducing annoyance for users, the feature involves moving direct messages received from verified accounts that the user does not follow to a secondary inbox, this change aims to organize messages, improve user experience, and reduce unwanted and bothersome messages that may reach users’ accounts, this is an additional step taken by Twitter to enhance the safety and comfort of users on the platform.
Encouraging subscription to Twitter Blue
This new step taken by Twitter seems to be part of its efforts to encourage users to subscribe to Twitter Blue and enjoy its privileges, including the ability to send an unlimited number of direct messages, the aim is to attract users to subscribe to the paid membership and enhance the revenues generated by Twitter from its premium services.
Addressing challenges in combating automated accounts and unwanted content
Dealing with annoying automated accounts and identifying unwanted content is among the significant challenges faced by Twitter and other social media platforms, automated accounts and undesirable uses can have a negative impact on user experience and cause annoyance to others, hence, Twitter continuously works on improving its tools to combat harmful and bothersome behaviors on the platform and reduce them.
Through the introduction of new features and continuous improvements, Twitter strives to create a safer and more comfortable environment for its users, ongoing development and innovation in combating annoyance and identifying harmful uses are essential to ensure a positive experience for everyone on Twitter and other social media platforms.
