Twitter has gotten worse in a lot of methods since Elon Musk launched paid verification. However one of the crucial persistently annoying has been the sharp uptick in DM spam. Now, Twitter says it’s making a change to chop down on the quantity of spammy messages in customers’ inboxes.
The corporate is including a brand new setting that can route messages from verified accounts you’re not following to the “message requests” inbox, reasonably than the first inbox. The brand new setting will probably be robotically enabled for anybody who beforehand had their DMs open to everybody, although they’ll have the ability to “swap again at any time,” in accordance with Twitter.
That’s a notable reversal from a change Musk lately endorsed that allowed paid Twitter Blue subscribers to direct message any person no matter following standing. However whereas Musk the change would minimize down on “AI bots,” it resulted in additional DM spam.
Beginning as quickly as July 14th, we’re including a brand new messages setting that ought to assist cut back the variety of spam messages in DMs. With the brand new setting enabled, messages from customers who you observe will arrive in your main inbox, and messages from verified customers who you don’t observe…
— Twitter Help (@TwitterSupport) July 13, 2023
In a put up saying the most recent change, Twitter’s help account appeared to acknowledge the prevalence of spammy DMs from verified accounts. “We’re including a brand new messages setting that ought to assist cut back the variety of spam messages in DMs,” it wrote.
The up to date setting is anticipated to begin rolling out July 14th.