Twitter on Thursday announced that it will roll out some improvements to its direct messaging system over the next few weeks, including the ability to DM a tweet to multiple people at once in individual conversations. This is the same functionality that Jane Manchun Wong noticed that Twitter was working on in a tweet she posted on July 9th. “Twitter is working on DM’ing tweets to multiple people separately,” she tweeted.
Twitter is working on DM’ing tweets to multiple people separately pic.twitter.com/cYziEMNs1s
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) July 9, 2021
Twitter noted that its users will have no more “awkward” accidental group chats when you DM a Tweet to multiple people. Users will be in a position to share the same Tweet in up to 20 different DM convos, separately. A potential downside of this update is that it might invite more spam. And users receiving the messages may not realize they were a part of group spam, as the individual DMs will seem like private 1:1 messages.
The Micro-blogging website’s other DM improvements include; messages will be grouped by day instead of timestamping individual messages with the date and time, a new quick-scroll button that will let you jump to the latest message.
Finally, in DMs, users will also be able to access the “add reaction” menu from both double-tapping and long-pressing on a message. Long-pressing a friend’s message also gives you the option to delete the message on your account only, report the message or copy the text.
“When reacting to a message, there’s the double-tap and now there’s the long press –– when you long-press a message, you can tap “Add reaction” from the menu to pull up the reaction picker,” Twitter said in a tweet.
Some DM improvements are coming your way over the next few weeks.
We’ve got easier Tweet sharing, better navigation when in a convo, and more… (1/5)
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) August 19, 2021
The new updates will come first for iOS and web users as Twitter says Android users will have to wait a bit longer to gain access to this feature — and it’s unclear how long that will take.
On the other hand, Twitter also says it’s testing a feature that puts users’ Revue newsletters on their profile. Revue is a newsletter platform that Twitter acquired earlier this year. But last week, it unveiled more noticeable UI updates that experts believe made the platform less accessible.
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Within two days of the update, Twitter made contrast changes on its buttons and identified issues with its proprietary font Chirp on Windows.
