How do I create direct messages on Twitter?
In times of social networks it is almost impossible not to have an account and to say what you are doing or what is new on the internet every day. Therefore, here is a detailed guide on how to create private direct messages on the popular platform Twitter.
How to create direct messages on Twitter
- First, log in with your nickname and the associated password Twitter at.
- Then you should have an overview of all your current tweets friends see.
- So if you don't want to send a public status message, i.e. a tweet, but a direct message, you will find the term "Messages" in the top action line. There you click on it.
- An almost blank, white page opens, where the explanation of a direct message can be found: "Direct messages are private messages that you can send directly to a user."
- Above this declaration you will then see the "Messages" button at the top right, which you can click on.
- So if you do that, a pop-up window will open over the actually open website.
- In this pop-up window you can enter a name directly in the top input field. Unfortunately, it is only possible to message people who follow you on Twitter and whom you follow at the same time. You could also call it your Twitter friends, to whom you can unfortunately only write, and thus no "complete strangers Twitter".
- In the middle of this pop-up window you will then find the field where you can enter your messages. However, you only have 140 characters for this. So if you wanted to write more, you would have to write several direct messages. Under this input field there is another tip directly from Twitter that says that you can send messages to anyone who follows you. So it is mainly important that there is a connection between the sender and receiver.
- After you have entered your text in the field provided and you are the recipient you can click the "Send" button in the lower right corner of the See the pop-up window.
- After the sending process, another small information field appears directly under "Messages" in the action bar and there is then "Message sent successfully".
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Important notes on writing direct messages
- You have to follow the recipient on Twitter, and they have to follow you too.
- The maximum number of characters is 140 characters.
- You can send the message to one or more recipients.
So you've made it and successfully sent a direct message.
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