Category: Direct Messages

Instagram starts rolling out web DMs to everyone

Post author By Randall
Post date April 10, 2020
Categories In Direct Messages, dms, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, News, Tech

[ad_1] Instagram has started rolling out web access to direct messages to all of its users globally. The company announced the rollout today on its Twitter account. As usual, you may have to wait a while before you get access to the feature; according to The Verge, the rollout started at 10AM ET. *Sliding into […]

Instagram’s Threads is compelling, but kind of creepy

Post author By Randall
Post date October 4, 2019
Categories In Android, Apple, auto status, Cameras, close friends, Data Privacy, Direct Messages, direct messaging, Entertainment, Facebook, gear, Google, Instagram, instagram threads, Internet, ios, location, Mobile, Privacy, services, snap, snapchat, social, Social Media, status, Tech, threads

[ad_1] On the surface, Threads is essentially an extension of Instagram’s Close Friends feature for Stories, which was introduced in 2018. Close Friends, in case you’re not familiar with it, lets you share pictures, videos and message only with groups of people you’ve carefully selected. In fact, if you haven’t created a Close Friends list […]

Twitter’s DM search is available for all iOS users

Post author By Randall
Post date October 1, 2019
Categories In app, direct message, Direct Messages, direct messaging, dm, gear, Internet, ios, Ipad, Iphone, Mobile, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] Twitter is continuing its streak of releasing features it teased in August. The internet giant is rolling out its previously-tested direct message search to iOS users. You only have to type in a search box to recall the restaurant you were supposed to visit. Keywords apply to user names, informal names and the content […]

Twitter rolls out filter for potentially offensive DMs

Post author By Randall
Post date September 30, 2019
Categories In Android, Direct Messages, direct messaging, dm, filter, gear, Internet, ios, Mobile, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter, web

[ad_1] The expansion comes as part of a wider effort to curb abuse that includes reply moderation. It won’t stop some of the worst offenders, such as those who intend to carry out threats whether or not you read their DMs. It should, however, give you a way to leave your message inbox open to […]

Twitter is finally working on search for DMs

Post author By Randall
Post date August 13, 2019
Categories In app, Direct Messages, direct messaging, dm, gear, Internet, live photo, Mobile, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] There are a couple more minor but welcome additions in development. Twitter is working on the option to support Live Photos from iOS devices as GIFs in case you want your snapshots to be that much livelier. You’ll also have the freedom to reorder photos in the app after you’ve uploaded them. You won’t […]