Twitter announced some additional functionality to make direct messaging your followers more convenient. On both the desktop and mobile versions of Twitter a ‘direct message’ (DM) icon is now visible and makes it easier to send those contacts a personal message.
The direct message functionality is also built into tweets that appear on Twitter profiles. Tapping and holding a tweet will bring up a menu with the new option to DM someone the selected tweet.
Direct Message Button on Desktops
Direct Message Button on Mobile
Tap and hold a tweet to bring up menu with option to share via direct message:
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For Twitter on the go, that’s a nice improvement. Hand held devices such as smartphones and tablets now outnumber the traditional PC’s in homes, so this is a very useful improvement.
It’s great that they made those changes – really helps businesses that use Twitter to connect with clients. A lot of these social networks have been pretty slow to fully cater for businesses that want to be on the platform (except, maybe, Facebook).