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> Send direct message to users not following you But, they still have to follow you. > Receive direct messages from users without having them to litter into y

by apgwoz 18y ago

> Send direct message to users not following you But, they still have to follow you. > Receive direct messages from users without having them to litter into your timeline It doesn't litter my timeline. In fact, I've never seen a direct message on my timeline. It gets emailed to me, and shows up in the "Direct messages" tab. > Decide who you want to receive direct messages from Don't I do this already by just not following them? Not seeing a use for it, sorry.

mileszs 18y ago
I don't think you fully understood what this thing is. (I'm not affiliated, I just feel the overwhelming urge to clarify.) They don't have to follow _you_. They do have to follow @dmpp. (I think this may be what you said. "You" seemed ambiguous. Sorry.) No, direct messages are not in your timeline, but if you want to direct message someone, the rest of their tweets will have to be in your timeline. Using this service, you could direct message some people without following them, hence their tweets not littering your timeline. Yes, you do decide who you receive direct messages from already. In context, that sentence meant "now that you've opened yourself up to direct messages from people you are not following, we do actually offer some level of control over what direct messages you receive." I haven't decided yet whether this is useful to me personally or not. Nonetheless, I find it clever.
- apgwoz 18y ago
  I guess I just read it literally as opposed to thinking about it. Personally, I've never had the need to direct message someone who I'm not following. I _guess_ there's probably an example I could come up with in where I wanted to DM someone that wasn't following me...
  - scorpion032 18y ago
    Think of it something like this. "U can now receive DMs from people you have @replied sometime, even tho' you dont follow them anymore." The above represents the default behavior, however, U could modify access to be able to receive DM from anybody/only followers
- scorpion032 18y ago
  Thank You for having understood it very well. You might find it useful personally, if you look at it this way: "You will now be able to receive DMs from people you have @replied some time, irrespective of whether you are now following them" And you might find the app useful, in general if you have a look at this: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=cant+dm http://search.twitter.com/search?q=cant+dm
scorpion032 18y ago
> But, they still have to follow you. No. If they ever @replied to U, U can DM them. (default behavior) >It doesn't litter my timeline. In fact, I've never seen a direct message on my timeline. It gets emailed to me, and shows up in the "Direct messages" tab. If you follow someone, so that they may be able to DM U (say @rememberthemilk), your timeline now includes their tweets, which U may not want. Don't I do this already by just not following them? Nope. Twitter decides this for U. U can now only receive DMs from people you follow. By following this, you could beat this restriction and define your own restriction. The default restriction we use is people you have @replied can send U DMs. Not seeing a use for it, sorry. You are free to do so. Meanwhile please care to have a look at this: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22cant+dm%22 There are a few people each hour, not being able to DM someone.

by apgwoz 18y ago

mileszs 18y ago

I don't think you fully understood what this thing is. (I'm not affiliated, I just feel the overwhelming urge to clarify.) They don't have to follow _you_. They do have to follow @dmpp. (I think this may be what you said. "You" seemed ambiguous. Sorry.) No, direct messages are not in your timeline, but if you want to direct message someone, the rest of their tweets will have to be in your timeline. Using this service, you could direct message some people without following them, hence their tweets not littering your timeline. Yes, you do decide who you receive direct messages from already. In context, that sentence meant "now that you've opened yourself up to direct messages from people you are not following, we do actually offer some level of control over what direct messages you receive." I haven't decided yet whether this is useful to me personally or not. Nonetheless, I find it clever.

apgwoz 18y ago
I guess I just read it literally as opposed to thinking about it. Personally, I've never had the need to direct message someone who I'm not following. I _guess_ there's probably an example I could come up with in where I wanted to DM someone that wasn't following me...
- scorpion032 18y ago
  Think of it something like this. "U can now receive DMs from people you have @replied sometime, even tho' you dont follow them anymore." The above represents the default behavior, however, U could modify access to be able to receive DM from anybody/only followers
scorpion032 18y ago
Thank You for having understood it very well. You might find it useful personally, if you look at it this way: "You will now be able to receive DMs from people you have @replied some time, irrespective of whether you are now following them" And you might find the app useful, in general if you have a look at this: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=cant+dm http://search.twitter.com/search?q=cant+dm

scorpion032 18y ago

> But, they still have to follow you. No. If they ever @replied to U, U can DM them. (default behavior) >It doesn't litter my timeline. In fact, I've never seen a direct message on my timeline. It gets emailed to me, and shows up in the "Direct messages" tab. If you follow someone, so that they may be able to DM U (say @rememberthemilk), your timeline now includes their tweets, which U may not want. Don't I do this already by just not following them? Nope. Twitter decides this for U. U can now only receive DMs from people you follow. By following this, you could beat this restriction and define your own restriction. The default restriction we use is people you have @replied can send U DMs. Not seeing a use for it, sorry. You are free to do so. Meanwhile please care to have a look at this: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22cant+dm%22 There are a few people each hour, not being able to DM someone.