Twitter Lets Users Share URLs via Direct Messages Again

Twitter on Tuesday has once again added support for sharing URLs via direct messages (DM).

The Twitter support page till Monday had a message noting that the company is updating its backend and infrastructure when describing the lack of the URL sharing ability in direct messages, reports The Next Web.

According to the firm, the backend work was required to help stop spam links that could end up flooding users' direct messages.

Notably, Twitter has a limit of 250 direct messages per day (including sent and received) per account, and users beyond this limit cannot send or receive any more direct messages in one day. The social networking company can also suspend the ability to send direct messages for users who try to send duplicate messages to multiple accounts - both of which are methods to stop spam.

"Sending duplicate DMs to multiple accounts may be flagged as spam activity and can result in you not being able to send a DM for a short time. You may need to wait at least 30 minutes without any attempt at sending a DM before you'll be able to do so again," notes Twitter support page.

Meanwhile, the TNW report also says that Twitter is expected to roll out private sharing of public tweets via DMs this week.

Last week, Dick Costolo, Chief Executive, Twitter, had said that some new private messaging features would be introduced in the current quarter.

"I strongly believe private messaging virality is important to our long term growth," Costolo said, a reference to when online content goes viral or is popularly shared.

Costolo noted that some of the Executives said the company needed to do a better job helping new users understand how to use the service. An upcoming "instant timeline" will quickly provide new users with content without requiring them to search Twitter for individual users to follow.