Twitter is making direct messages open to people you do n't follow . `` Enabling this option could potentially mean open season on your Twitter inbox , '' wrote Darrell Etherington for TechCrunch , `` and that 's probably why it 's off by default -- but if dealing with a potential influx of spam is worth opening up a new channel of communication for you , This means that if I'm on twitter and someone sends me a message, it's not going through my friends list or anything like that. Some see broader communication , while others see spam .
Twitter is making direct messages open to people you do n't follow . This means that if I'm on twitter and someone sends me a message, it's not going through my friends list or anything like that. Some see broader communication , while others see spam .