{"id":15292,"date":"2022-07-15T12:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T12:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=15292"},"modified":"2022-07-15T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T12:04:57","slug":"how-do-you-dm-someone-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-dm-someone-on-twitter","title":{"rendered":"How Do You DM Someone on Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a046708d5927\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a046708d5927\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a046708d5927\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-dm-someone-on-twitter\/#How_Do_You_DM_Someone_on_Twitter\" title=\"How Do You DM Someone on Twitter?\">How Do You DM Someone on Twitter?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-dm-someone-on-twitter\/#280-character_limit\" title=\"280-character limit\">280-character limit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-dm-someone-on-twitter\/#Blocking\" title=\"Blocking\">Blocking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-dm-someone-on-twitter\/#Adding_a_photo_or_video_to_your_DM\" title=\"Adding a photo or video to your DM\">Adding a photo or video to your DM<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-dm-someone-on-twitter\/#Adding_a_reply_to_a_DM\" title=\"Adding a reply to a DM\">Adding a reply to a DM<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-dm-someone-on-twitter\/#Sending_a_DM_to_someone_who_doesnt_follow_you\" title=\"Sending a DM to someone who doesn&#8217;t follow you\">Sending a DM to someone who doesn&#8217;t follow you<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_You_DM_Someone_on_Twitter\"><\/span>How Do You DM Someone on Twitter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/veC6auJ.jpg\" alt=\"how do you dm someone on twitter\" style=\"height:auto; max-height:373px; max-width:32% margin:0px 10px; width:auto;\" align=\"right\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you are asking yourself how do you DM someone on Twitter, it&#8217;s important that you know the basics. In this article, we&#8217;ll go over the 280-character limit, blocking, and adding a photo or video to your DM. Also, we&#8217;ll talk about how to reply to someone&#8217;s DM. After all, your DMs should be concise and meaningful. After all, the purpose of the DM is to communicate with the other person.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"280-character_limit\"><\/span>280-character limit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Until recently, Twitter only allowed users to post 140-character tweets. This limited users&#8217; ability to express themselves, and often left them speechless. Now, the 280-character limit will give you more space to express your opinions without worrying about bloated character counts. This change took some time to roll out to all Twitter users, but it is finally here. If you&#8217;ve been thinking about using Twitter as a direct messaging tool, there are some things you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>To send a direct message to a Twitter user, make sure you don&#8217;t exceed the 280-character limit. There&#8217;s a solution to this problem &#8211; thread your tweets. When you do this, the tweet will show up as multiple tweets with a blue vertical line. The 280-character limit for DMs has come into effect for the first time since Twitter&#8217;s launch in 2006.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blocking\"><\/span>Blocking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are a couple ways to block other Twitter users. First, log in to your Twitter account and visit the profile of the person you want to block. Next, click on the small silhouette icon next to their name (usually found next to their Follow button). Select &#8220;Block&#8221; from the drop-down menu. Once you&#8217;ve blocked the person, you can&#8217;t communicate with them any longer. However, you can unblock them later if you wish to.<\/p>\n<p>To block someone, first sign in to your Twitter account. Go to the person&#8217;s profile page by typing their username and clicking on &#8220;Go to @profile.&#8221; You can also type their direct URL to their Twitter account and click the three-dot menu icon. Finally, click &#8220;Block @profile,&#8221; which will block the user. Alternatively, you can report the person as abusive. If you block someone on Twitter, they won&#8217;t be able to follow or add you to their lists.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adding_a_photo_or_video_to_your_DM\"><\/span>Adding a photo or video to your DM<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may not be aware, but you can add a photo or video to your Twitter DM. You can choose to send it to a specific user or group of users. The photo or video that you send will not be publicly shared on Twitter, so you can choose who to send it to. To do this, you need to open your Messages tab and click on New Message. Type in the name of the recipient and their @username. Next, you can choose to attach a photo or a video and add text to it.<\/p>\n<p>You can use Twitter&#8217;s DM feature to share your tweet with people you follow. When you use DM, you can share the message with up to 20 users. This allows you to make groups or keep conversations private. To share a tweet, all you have to do is tap the &#8220;Share&#8221; icon underneath the tweet, then select &#8220;Send via direct message.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adding_a_reply_to_a_DM\"><\/span>Adding a reply to a DM<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Adding a reply to a Twitter DM is simple, but the syntax can be tricky. Twitter users can only reply to a single follower with a DM, which is like e-mail sent to a private address. Unlike other social networks, DMs are not displayed publicly on the recipient&#8217;s Twitter page. To send a DM, you should start the sentence with the letter d, add a space, and then follow up with a username or e-mail address. Do not include the @ sign, as this can be confusing.<\/p>\n<p>The Reply Later feature is a useful feature if you want to remember which direct messages you want to reply to. However, it&#8217;s not known if Twitter will add this functionality in the future. It may not have much functionality at the moment, and developers are still developing it. As of this writing, there are no official announcements about its release date, but it&#8217;s likely to be soon.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sending_a_DM_to_someone_who_doesnt_follow_you\"><\/span>Sending a DM to someone who doesn&#8217;t follow you<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sending a DM to someone who isn&#8217;t following you on Twitter is not impossible. However, before you can send a DM, you must first make sure they&#8217;re following you. You can also send a DM to a group of people if you&#8217;ve exchanged DMs with a certain person. Here are some ways to send a DM to someone who isn&#8217;t following you on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re on Twitter, you&#8217;ll notice a notification on the left rail of your home screen telling you that you have a DM. It will have a bubble next to it. If you don&#8217;t see this notification, the sender may not have opened your message. 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