You can now accept or delete any Twitter Direct Messages from people you don’t know

Twitter is adding some more privacy for users who want to accept Direct Messages from anyone, even from people they don't follow. From now on, users of the Android and iOS app, along with the Twitter.com site, can choose to either accept or delete any Direct Messages before they read them.

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March 6, 2017

If you accept a DM from someone you don't know on Twitter, the message will then be moved to the inbox and that person will then know you have accepted and seen that message. If you don't want to accept the message, you can delete it so you won't see it in your inbox. Keep in mind that deleting a message won't keep that person from continuing to message you. You can still block that person from your Twitter account so you won't have to see or accept any messages from that person.

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Previous updates

New rules for @usernames in 140 character messages

March 30:  Twitter updated its service so that inserting @usernames in replies to individuals or groups will no longer be counted as part of its normal 140 character barrier.

Fighting abusive content

February 7: Twitter posted new updates aimed at reducing the amount of abusive content found on the social network. They include preventing people who previously had a Twitter account suspended from creating more accounts, along with filtering potentially sensitive content, or ones that have been blocked, from search results. Finally, it will "collapse" abusive or "low-quality" replies.

GIF Keyboard

February 6: GIF keyboard functionality has now been integrated into the Twitter app. The upgrade allows users to search for and post GIFs from popular websites like GIPHY and Imgur on Twitter when using compatible keyboards such as Gboard (formerly Google Keyboard) and Chrooma.

Explore Tab

January 26: Twitter is adding a new Explore tab to its Android and iOS apps that will be the new home for trending topics, Moments, search and the best of live video. In the past, you'd need to go to a few different places to find each one of these experiences, but now they're all in one tab.

Unfortunately, Twitter hasn't rolled out the new Explore tab to Android users just yet. The Twitter update is live for iOS users today as of January 26, and will arrive to Android in the following weeks.

 

 

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