Twitter To Let Anyone Send You Direct Messages

Twitter will now let anyone send you a direct message - not just the people you're following. The new feature is turned off by default but can be switched on in the settings menu. The move appears to be part of a move by Twitter to muscle in to the lucrative mobile-messaging market, which Facebook has recently made a big push into with its Messenger app. Users can also send direct messages - known as DMs - to people who follow them, even if they do not follow them back and have not turned o