Twitter Will Implement Daily DM Limits For Unverified Accounts

Twitter will bring about controversial changes by introducing restrictions on the number of daily direct messages (DM) (photo: dock. Twitter support)

JAKARTA - Twitter will bring about controversial changes by introducing daily direct message count restrictions (DM) for unverified users. In a tweet on July 21, Twitter Support stated that the platform "will soon implement some changes in our efforts to reduce spam in Direct Messages (DM)."

"Unverified accounts will have daily limitations on the number of DMs they can send," it said, inviting users to sign up for the Twitter Blue subscription service.

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

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 21, 2023

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

Twitter has not explained specifically about the daily limitations, and there has been a quite negative reaction from users in the comments. Both from verified and unverified users, who voice their opinion on these changes.

The top comments from a user named Adam have gained more than 1000 likes at the time of writing this news and provide a skeptical view of the upcoming changes:

"A change like this is the reason why other apps will start competing, don't limit your users to basic things, this is not Twitter's goal. The goal of paying for Twitter Blue is for us to have additional features, not to remove common features and install a paywall behind it."

"In our view, this is a sales flow to get more verified users and into [Twitter] Blue, not against spam," added the AustimCpital popular netizen account.

Some users also argue that limiting DM to unverified accounts is likely to only cause verified accounts to be able to send spam via DM.

There are also those who suggest that this step is more about Twitter encouraging people to pay for verification to cover huge operating costs than against spam.

This upcoming change follows a number of radical changes in the platform introduced under Elon Musk's ownership.

On July 1, Twitter imposed a significant daily limit on the number of posts users can see as an attempt to control data collection and "system manipulation."

The move then led Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to launch a Twitter alternative called Threads, which initially attracted a lot of attention and gained a large user base, just to then introduce its own daily limits on July 18.

In April, Twitter also launched content monetization settings on its platform, allowing creators to make money from all forms of posts on a global basis.