Twitter’s testing a direct messages filter for ‘unwanted’ offensive content

Twitter DM requests

Twitter is testing out a new feature for Direct Messages that will filter message requests with offensive content so that users don’t have to see them at all.

“Unwanted messages aren’t fun. So we’re testing a filter in your DM requests to keep those out of sight, out of mind,” the company said in a tweet on Thursday.

In DM requests, Twitter users receive messages from other users that they don’t follow who are usually trying to strike up a conversation. Sometimes this can include spam messages and harassment.

The new filter sends messages that “may contain offensive content” to a new “additional messages” tab, where users can choose to view and delete unwanted DMs.

The feature essentially hides any requests that could be harmful or annoying to users.

Feature image: screenshot, @TwitterSupport via Twitter

Shereesa Moodley
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