Twitter is Now Letting Users Receive Direct Messages From Any Follower

Twitter is rolling out a new option that lets users allow direct messages from any of their followers.

The option is not enabled by default but can be turned on via the Settings menu. 

It reads:

Receive direct messages from any follower. Generally, you must follow someone before they have the ability to direct message you. If you check this option, any Twitter user that follows you will be able to send you a DM, regardless of whether you decide to follow them back.

This is especially good news for brands looking to interact with their many followers. It’s still rolling out so the option may not show up in your Twitter account just yet.

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Guest Blog: “Don’t Subtweet Me Bro. I’m Serious.” by @iTalk2Slick

Well the homie Wale is back with a new blog this week. All I can say is that this is nothing but the TRUTH. There been one person subtweeting me for the past week, & I still haven’t entertained not ONE tweet but they continue to go on. WHEN WILL IT END?

“Don’t Subtweet Me Bro. I’m Serious.”

If you have more than 50 followers on Twitter, I’m more than certain you know what a subtweet is. It seems now that #AtSignAvoidance is on a steady rise and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere but up. If subtweets were a stock, I would be telling y’all to buy. Within the past week I’ve seen more subtweets skate across my TL than I don’t know what. I’ve even had to pull a Mayweather and duck and dodge a few subtweets of my own. The #AtSignAvoidance has gotta stop.

Do you realize how foolish you look subtweeting the same person 6 out of 7 nights of the week with no response??? Seriously. Take a second, sit back and reflect on it. I’ll wait……………… Yes. You look THAT foolish.  All those subtweets are lonely whispers of nothingness. Your subtweets = Bow Wow’s relevance in rap. The thing is that most people on your TL probably know who you’re subtweeting. They’re just sitting back tryna see when you’re gonna stop acting like the cowardly lion, grab your nuts and throw an @ sign in your tweets. We all wait patiently, but it never happens.

Just last week there was a “Twitter beef”. Subliminals were being thrown left and right for the better part of 30 minutes. However, both parties involved were avoiding the @ sign like it was a bill collector. I promise they weren’t even trying to look in the direction of that small insignificant little button. My only question is: Why? If you really have that much of an issue with an individual that you’re willing to flex those tendons in your fingers, why not take the extra effort to @ them??? Moesha little brother got hemmed up in his tight red hoody and still had the balls to call Fabolous out on the radio. Yes. The same nigga who was hitting spin moves in the rain in the “One Wish” video. If he can find the courage to call someone out, you can use an @ sign.

I’ve even seen a third party retweet a subtweet and mention the person who was originally being subtweeted. Do you think that subtweeter changed tactics? Nope. They got the perfect lob pass on the fast break, but wanted nothing to do with it. Just kept merrily subtweeting away without the slightest of cares in the world. That is why I say that subtweeters are the scum of the earth. They refuse to actually get their hands dirty. They’re that person that farts on the elevator full of people and is the first one to accuse someone else of doing it. A subtweeter would steal their own mother’s last $10 right out of her purse without any qualms. I just know they would.

The dumbest thing I have ever seen is the “Subtweet Someone Who Isn’t On Twitter” move. That’s when I gotta pull out the “BBM confused face”. Can you explain to me what exactly is the point of subtweeting someone who doesn’t even have a Twitter app on their phone??? Who has no TL for your tender little jab to scroll down??? Solitary murmurs from the nosebleed sections. Those individuals definitely can’t be trusted. Not even by their own friends. If you subtweet someone who doesn’t have a Twitter, I’m reporting you for spam. Straight up. I’m not giving it any second thoughts.

My point in saying all this is that we’re all adults. If you seriously have an issue with someone address it with that person. Don’t subtweet and then when you’re called out on it hit them with the most common lie: “I was just tweeting. That wasn’t even a subliminal.” Oh… Y’all are the individuals who throw stones then hide in the crowd. We see you. We don’t respect you, but we see you. So chill with the subtweets. You have an @ sign for a reason. Use it.

But that’s all I got for this time. Y’all keep striving for greatness. 

Previously: “It’s Just Twitter” | “Spell Check Is Your Best Friend”

Guest Blog: “Twitter 101: Spellcheck Is Your Best Friend” by @SholaBoyTellEm

Here’s another one for your viewing pleasures. We’re just trying to make help you be great one tweet at a time. Enjoy.

Slander Gang Production Presents – Twitter 101: Spellcheck Is Your Best Friend

I’m New To This Whole Blog Thing, So Don’t Crucify Me Just Yet. I’m Just A Regular Nigga That Wears Leather Jackets Trying To Be Great In This Cold World. Speaking Of That Make Sure Y’all Grab “Cole World: The Sideline Story” which drops tomorrow on The 27^th, You Won’t Be Disappointed I Promise But Anyways, Let’s Get Into This.

Why Do People Get So Offended When You Correct Their Tweets? Shit Makes Absolutely No Sense To Me. We’re Only Trying To Better You And Slightly Embarrass You In The Same Process But You Have To Look At The Bigger Picture Here, We Can’t Have You Going Into The Real World Talking About “He Ways Close To 200 And I’m A Measly 120” Like Come On? Mind You That Came From A Future Med School Student, Lord Help Us All, Especially Her Future Patients. Then We Got People Being Sued Over “Deformation” Of Character, The “Kneck” Giving Heauxs Catching “Klemedia”, And We Can’t Forget About The People “Illusionating” On A Regular Basis. . . Really? So We’re Just Making Up Words Now? That’s We Do On Twitter, Right? Do You Niggas Just NOT Believe In Spellcheck At All? Or Is It Against Your Religion, I Need Answers, The People Need To Know Because This Is A Serious Matter On Our Hands.

Then We Got The Bastards That Will Blame Auto-Correct For EVERYTHING, That’s When You Hit Them With The Blank Stare Like “Nigga We Don’t Believe You, You Need More People.” I Once Witnessed Someone Articulate A Sentence Talking About “Apple ‘Are’ Playing My Favorite Song Right Now” & Had The Audacity For Her Follow-Up Tweet To Be “Stupid Auto-Correct, Fuck You Apple.” My Only Question Is Where Is Your Shame? Smh.

But The Worst Of The Worst Is The People That Deliberately Replace “I’m” For “Am”. You Guys Are Sick, I Swear To God. I Don’t Think Anybody Understands The Amount Of Frustration That Gets Embedded Inside My Head When My Eyes Have To Read This Terrorism Act On The English Language. You Don’t Care About Life Or The Well-Being Of Others If You Do This Your Life Is Equivalent To Shyne’s Verse On “Tha Carter IV (Outro)”. . .Worthless Scumbags. How Are You Going To Log Onto Twitter In America And Start Speaking Broken English? WHERE IS YOUR HOME TRAINING?!

We Have To Do Better People, What Would Your Parents Do If They Seen You Writing Like This? Or Better Yet Your Teachers? I Don’t Even Blame The School Systems Anymore, You Niggas Is Just Pure Idiots, Word To Babawale. And Don’t Even Feed Me The “It’s Just Twitter” Logic. Fuck Outta Here, Twitter’s Innocent Don’t Blame Them For You Being Feeble-Minded But Whatever, Like My Mom Always Says, We’re All Equally Born But Not Equally Ta…” You Know What Never Mind, Let Me Just Get Outta Here And Do What I Do Best. *Starts Lurking On Twitter*

Guest Blog: “It’s Just Twitter” by @iTalk2Slick

Thought it’d be a cool idea to let someone share their opinion on something ohh so touchy…Well I’ve used this phrase way too much lately. But here’s the homie Wale’s thoughts on the subject.

“It’s Just Twitter”

Those three fateful words. “It’s just Twitter”. That has got to be the biggest lie I have ever seen tap dance down my TL. I’ve seen plenty of people RT and laugh at the slander after someone else made a mistake. But as soon as Team Slander got hold of one of YOUR tweets and started cooking your mentions, oh now we being immature and we need to grown up. Feelings get caught like Jerry Rice. It never fucking fails. It is NEVER just Twitter.

Let someone strike the wrong cord with you and all hell will break loose. I’m talking bout monumental Twitter beef. (Which never actually leads to any fights by the way.) All of a sudden you got the toughest thumbs on these here Twitter avenues. You ready for the next major event so y’all can see each other and mean mug for 3 hours, go home and start subtweeting that them bitches saw you in the club, but wasn’t about that life. Everyone knew not a single eyelash was gonna be out of place at the end of the night, but feelings were caught, words were said and threats were uttered. But when it started off, it was “Just Twitter”. Nah. Oh ok. Fuck. Outta. Here.

You are judged off everything that you tweet. Want to know why??? Because those are seen as your thoughts. Which they are. So it’s safe to say that if you tweet it, you probably thought it. I’m not saying that it’s always true, but in the court of public opinion, that’s the overwhelming verdict. Which is why you have to be aware of what you tweet, how you tweet, when you tweet and who you tweet. It doesn’t matter what the truth is. In this day and age people will believe a lie if it is more interesting than the truth. And that my friend is raw, pure, uncut #FACT. Everyone loves a good story. Who gives a fuck if it’s sensationalized. It’s interesting. Niggas love drama. You give it to em and they gonna eat it right up.

Y’all chicks out here who sit there and tweet about sex all day. That is your God given right if you so please. I’m not mad at you at all. Do what you do. But…… you can’t expect people to not think that you’re getting it in. You can’t talk about all the different ways you know how to suck a dick and think people are not gonna believe that you got a mean ass slurp game. It’s only logical to believe that you do. Right??? You’re either putting on for Twitter or you suck a mean dick. It’s either/or. There is no middle ground. Again. You have the right to tweet whatever you want. And we have the right to judge you based off what you tweet. *Shrugs* You may not be a heaux. But you sure as shit think like one.

Pyzicious. (Facetious).  None Shallaunt (Nonchalant).  Nautious  (Nauseas).  You can’t spell words like this and expect people to believe you have an IQ of any higher than 75. It’s so easy nowadays with smart phones to type a word into Google or to have a dictionary app on your phone to spell check words. Which is probably the BIGGEST reason why I judge people so badly based off atrocious spellings. It not only proves that you’re an idiot. It proves that your lazy as shit too. So when you typed the word in and your phone couldn’t even give you a word to autocorrect with, you know you fucked up. Y’all out here just sounding words out. You have gotta look at that word and be like, “Nah. Ain’t no way I spelled that right.” But nope. You have zero conscience. And obviously don’t care that for the next 15 minutes your mentions are gonna look like Sam Cassell. But you don’t wanna be judged. Cuz “It’s just Twitter.”

If I were an employer and I saw some of the shit I tweeted, I promise I wouldn’t even hire myself. I sound like a certified ignorant coon at times on my Twitter. I know I’m not. In the slightest. But perception is everything. You’ve gotta remember that. Which is why it’s NOT just Twitter. So go ahead and think that no one is judging you based off your tweets. But you would be making a very fatal error. Any time there are thoughts and opinions being tossed around, there will be people judged and feelings caught. I’m just being straight up with you. But that’s all I got for you this time. This is my first blog so let me make it. I’m just tryna help y’all be great.

Oh… And follow me on Twitter @iTalk2Slick. I’m out.

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