Twitter modified DM settings so customers who don't pay for Twitter Blue can't message you

Twitter has launched one more new characteristic with the intention to promote its fledgling paid subscription program, Twitter Blue.

And in doing so, Twitter has modified the settings of each person with open DMs, blocking non-Twitter Blue subscribers from messaging them.

Twitter turned your DMs right into a Twitter Blue promo

On Friday, Twitter started rolling out a brand new settings possibility for direct messages on the platform. Beforehand Twitter customers had two choices. They may let everybody on the platform message them or solely permit different customers that they observe to message them. If the latter possibility was chosen, the DM button would solely seem for these adopted customers.

This new third possibility, nevertheless, permits customers to obtain DMs solely from customers they observe and verified Twitter customers. Maybe, when the outdated verification system was energetic and verified customers had been made up of notable celebrities, professional athletes, and different media personalities, this characteristic may have been helpful. Nevertheless, on Elon Musk’s Twitter, this principally means anybody who pays $8 per thirty days for Twitter Blue can now message a person.

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“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,” Twitter announced(opens in a new tab) on its official @TwitterSupport account. “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 will probably be despatched to your message request inbox.”

Some took this announcement as an admission from Twitter that even Twitter Blue customers can spam despite the fact that Musk has promoted the paid subscription as the way in which for the corporate to curb such conduct. Twitter’s DM system offers customers with two inboxes. A main one, which is the principle inbox, and a secondary message request inbox, which requires a further click on to get to. Most messages from people {that a} person doesn’t know or observe go to that message request folder. Nevertheless, that seems to be a misinterpret of the announcement.

In reality, the brand new characteristic is deliberately arrange in a option to promote Twitter Blue and urges customers to join it. With this selection turned on, the DM message button nonetheless seems for all customers. When a person who you aren’t following and is not subscribed to Twitter Blue makes an attempt to message you, they obtain a immediate urging them to subscribe to Twitter Blue.

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“Get verified to message this person,” reads the Twitter message(opens in a new tab). “Solely verified customers can ship Direct Message requests to folks that do not observe them. Join Twitter Blue to proceed.”

Some Twitter customers realized(opens in a new tab) one thing had modified with out seeing Twitter’s announcement as they observed a decline in DMs.

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And to make this extra possibility even worse, Twitter went forward and made it the default possibility for each person that beforehand had their settings set to permit DMs from all Twitter customers.

“Customers who beforehand had their permissions set to permit message requests from everybody will probably be migrated to this new setting, however can swap again at any time,” reads a tweet from @TwitterSupport. 

Primarily, with this transformation, Twitter turned each person’s direct messages into an advert for Twitter Blue.

You may change it again. This is how.

As Twitter mentioned, it may be modified again. Sadly, a person does should be conscious that it was modified within the first place. However, if you happen to’re right here, studying this, that is you. So, this is how one can put the settings again and cease Twitter from promoting its paid subscription plan utilizing your account.

Head to Direct Messages whereas logged into your Twitter account. On the net, it is referred to as “Messages” within the menu. It is the envelope emblem within the menu bar if you happen to’re utilizing Twitter’s cellular apps.

On the first inbox web page, there’s a gear emblem positioned within the higher right-hand nook. Click on that to entry your settings.

Head to DM Settings by clicking the gear icon.
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Now, you possibly can see the three messaging choices supplied to you by Twitter. Select the one which most accurately fits your wants. The “permit messages from Verified customers solely” possibility is the brand new one, that promotes Twitter Blue to individuals who attempt to message you.

Twitter has modified the default to the center possibility. Select the one you like.
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Some customers are reporting that the settings do not at all times save, so after making your adjustments, Mashable suggests leaving the DM settings web page after which going again to verify your adjustments had been saved.