Twitter's Inexplicable New Settings Highlight Problems with Abuse

Gizmodo
By Annalee NewitzApr 20, 2015, 6:40 pm99 pts
So Twitter created a rather obscure new setting in its privacy menu called “Receive Direct Messages from Anyone.” What that means is that people you don’t follow can send you a direct message, or DM, which is not public. Here’s why this setting got people’s knickers in a bunch — for some pretty good…

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