Twitter to introduce daily limits on DMs for unverified accounts
More controversial changes are coming to Twitter, with the social media platform set to introduce daily direct message (DM) limits for unverified users.
In a July 21 tweet, Twitter Support stated that the platform will “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. Subscribe today to send more messages,” it stated, as it prompted users to sign up for its subscription service Twitter Blue.
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. Subscribe today to send more messages: https://t.co/0CI4NTRw75
It is has not been specified what what the daily limits will be at this stage, however there has been a relatively negative reaction in the comments, with both verified and unverified voicing their opinions on the move.
The top comment from user @FGRAdam has more than 1000 likes at the time of writing, and offers a sceptical take on the upcoming change:
“In our opinion, this is a sales funnel to get more users verified and into [Twitter] Blue, not to combat spam,” added the popular citizen journalist account @AustimCapital.
Several users also argued that limiting DMs for unverified accounts would likely just result in verified accounts being able to spam in DMs anyway.
While others suggested that the move is more about Twitter pushing people to pay for verification to cover its hefty operational costs, rather than fighting spam.
Sounds like Twitter can't afford to pay for enough server capacity to support DMs anymore. https://t.co/6ovxRxNPVL
The upcoming move follows a host of radical changes to
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