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Muskaan Saxena

Your Twitter settings may no longer allow DMs - here's how to change it

Angry about Twitter Blue Checks

According to Elon Musk, Twitter is still seeing negative cash flow, “due to a drop in advertising revenue” - and that might explain the platform's new hard, desperate push to get more users to sign up for a Twitter Blue subscription.

This new feature has changed the settings of every user with ‘open’ DMs, ensuring non-Twitter Blue subscribers can’t message them. Basically, your DMs are now one big Twitter Blue ad. 

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