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Instagram Threads' recent addition of direct messages has sparked user backlash, especially among women, who express concerns over harassment, spam, and lack of opt-out options, highlighting challenges in balancing new features with user control and safety.
Meta's Threads app is introducing direct messaging (DMs) to enhance user interaction, supporting one-on-one chats, emoji reactions, and spam reporting, with plans for future features like group chats. The app aims to build a community-focused experience, distinct from Instagram, and is exploring new login options and community engagement tools, while emphasizing non-encrypted DMs to foster open conversations. Despite its rapid growth to 350 million users, Threads continues to evolve its features and user engagement strategies.
Instagram has introduced new features to its direct messages, including live location sharing for up to an hour, nicknames for friends, and 17 new sticker packs. The live location feature allows users to share their whereabouts privately in one-to-one or group chats, similar to Snapchat's SnapMap. These updates are currently available in select countries. Additionally, Instagram is testing a new placement for the chat icon due to increased messaging activity.
Bluesky now allows users to send direct messages, initially supporting only text but planning to add images and videos. DMs are not yet end-to-end encrypted, but this feature is in development. Users can control who can message them and report or block users from within messages. The platform's moderation team may access DMs to investigate abuse. Bluesky continues to add new features, including hosting servers and open-sourcing its content moderation tool.
Instagram introduces the ability to edit direct messages within 15 minutes of sending, as well as the option to pin up to three messaging threads to the top of the inbox. Users can now also save favorite stickers in DMs for easy access and turn off read receipts for all chats or specific ones. These updates aim to enhance the messaging experience on the platform and encourage users to communicate with friends and family through Instagram's messaging service.
Instagram's Threads app, which was initially not planning to build direct messages (DMs), may eventually integrate with Instagram's messaging service. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, hinted that the Instagram inbox could work inside Threads, allowing users to message anyone on either platform and syncing their inbox between the two apps. However, there are challenges to consider, such as notifications and cross-app controls. If the integration doesn't work, Threads may either mirror the inbox and let users handle notification issues themselves or create a separate Threads inbox. The future of Threads' messaging system and its integration with other Meta-owned apps like WhatsApp and Messenger remains uncertain.
Instagram is testing a new feature that will allow users to disable read receipts in direct message conversations. The option to turn off read receipts is currently being tested and it is unclear when it will be rolled out more widely. It is also unknown if this feature will be available on Messenger, which currently does not offer the ability to disable read receipts.
The special counsel's office obtained 32 direct messages from former President Donald Trump's Twitter account as part of their investigation. Twitter turned over the messages after receiving a search warrant from the special counsel's office. The warrant also sought other information, including IP addresses, unpublished draft tweets, and search history associated with Trump's account. The messages represent a small portion of the data provided by Twitter. The content of the messages and additional data obtained by the special counsel's office remains undisclosed.
Twitter has changed the default settings for direct messages (DMs), blocking non-Twitter Blue subscribers from messaging users with open DMs. This change is part of Twitter's promotion of its paid subscription program, Twitter Blue. Users now have three options for DM settings: receiving messages from everyone, only from users they follow, or only from verified users and users they follow. The new setting prompts non-followers and non-verified users to subscribe to Twitter Blue in order to message a user. Users can change their DM settings back to their preferred option by accessing the DM settings page and selecting the desired setting.
Instagram is reportedly testing an AI chatbot feature for its direct messages, which would allow users to ask questions and get advice from 30 different personalities. Users can also invite the chatbot to join conversations by @-ing its name. The feature is similar to Snapchat's My AI, which has not been well received. It remains to be seen whether Instagram's AI chatbot will become a useful feature or be quickly forgotten.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced changes to the platform's direct messages feature including the introduction of encryption, which should be released on Wednesday. Musk also announced that voice and video calls will be added soon to Twitter. The new features are part of Musk's plan to make Twitter into an "everything app" from messaging to financial services.
Twitter has introduced new features to direct messages, including the ability to reply to specific messages and react with any emoji. Elon Musk claims that encrypted DMs will launch on Wednesday, promising that the feature will "grow in sophistication" at a rapid rate. Musk also revealed that Twitter will soon allow users to do voice and video chat from their handle to anyone on the platform.
In an upcoming interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk claims that various government agencies had full access to Twitter users' direct messages before his takeover, and that his predecessors even allowed those agencies access to infiltrate users' direct messages. Musk also claims that AI has "the potential" to destroy civilization. No evidence has been provided to back up these claims.