Message From Unknown Followers on Twitter Gets a New Folder Now

Twitter has added a new feature to Direct Messages that will now filter DMs from unknown followers.

Twitter has come out with an inbox folder for DMs, just like Facebook. (Photo: iStock)

Twitter has added a new feature to Direct Messages (DMs) that will now filter DMs from unknown followers.

DMs from people you do not know will now be contained in "Requests" in the new Messages tab inbox in Twitter on iOS and Android, and will soon be available on Twitter.com.

The sender will not know whether or not receiver has seen their message until you hit accept.

The new DM review inbox function works for anyone who's turned on the setting that allows receipt of messages from people they don't follow, and it will let you choose to either 'Delete' or 'Accept' inbound messages, Twitter was quoted saying.

Last week, Twitter launched customisable Direct Message Card that businesses can use to promote and share bots and other customer experiences in DMs.

With this new card, Twitter aims at helping businesses drive discovery of such experiences – both through Promoted Tweets and organic sharing.