Twitter slaps daily limits on DMs for unverified accounts; Mark Gurman, other users, react
Recently, Twitter announced a new setting that changed the default DM (direct message) option for all accounts. The default option allowed users to receive messages from users they follow and verified accounts they do not follow while restricting any other unverified account from sending messages. Twitter explained the move was taken to reduce spam on the platform. The move received some flak from users who preferred having an open DM to receive message requests from all users. But now, the microblogging platform has taken things further by announcing that soon, unverified accounts will see a daily limit to the number of DMs they can send. Many users have voiced their frustration over this new move which is believed to be an underhanded move to boost Twitter Blue subscriptions.
In the early hours of July 22, the official account for Twitter Support tweeted, “We'll soon be implementing some changes in our effort to reduce spam in Direct Messages. Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send”. The tweet also added a link to Twitter Blue and added that users can become verified subscribers on the platform to “send more messages”. The company has not revealed the exact number of DMs an unverified account will be able to send on a daily basis.
The ‘pay-to-play' move has added another barrier for free accounts in getting the social media experience that the Elon Musk-owned social media platform has to offer. Twitter is also one of the only major social media platforms that has a premium tier for what are considered basic quality-of-life features.
This means that in order to have the ability to send an unrestricted number of DMs to other accounts, users will now have to pay $8 a month. For users in
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