Twitter May Soon Add an Option to Mute DM Requests
Oct. 8, 2020When you currently get a message request on Twitter, you can either block the person from sending messages or report the message, apart from the obvious option to delete and accept the request. To bringmore flexibility, Twitter is now reportedly working to add a mute option for DM requests.
Twitter is working on muting DM Requests
muting DM Requests will place their future messages at the end of message request list
i guess the creeps aren’t gonna be thrilled of this feature 😌pic.twitter.com/D3ZuqtqscO
While blocking is the ideal solution if you don’t want strangers to ug you with message requests every so often, the mute option will come in handy for those who don’t really want to block a person just because they sent a message.
Separately, Twitter is also testing the possibility ofopening the tweet composer directly when you hit the retweet button on the web. However, this doesn’t mean that textless retweets are going away. As Wong notes, you can retweet tweets without adding any text to the tweet composer, at least for now.
While this is a subtle change, there are two benefits to this. Firstly, this approach will eliminate the need for having two buttons – Retweet andQuote Tweetwhen the user wants to retweet. Also, this could slow down retweeting without a second thought.
Twitter has not officially confirmed the existence of these two features just yet. Since these are minor changes, we could see them being announced in the coming weeks.
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Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
