Twitter has introduced a new Inbox style wherein you will now see messages from people you follow in one section and Messages from the people you don’t follow in the ‘Requests’ setting in case you have enabled ‘Receive messages from anyone’. These are now filtered, so it’s easier to see the useful messages.
Are your Direct Messages open, to chat privately with anyone? If so, you’ll see two sections: Inbox, with messages from people you follow; and Requests, for messages from people you don’t follow.
Requests are now filtered, so it’s easier to see those useful messages. pic.twitter.com/qE76m1rhqg
— Twitter (@Twitter) August 22, 2018
Furthermore, Twitter is also bringing a new feature which basically is an on-or-off toggle. You can either let Twitter decide what’s lower quality message and filter it out or leave it off and let the messages pour in. All the filtered requests will not be visible in the requests section of your inbox and you will not receive a notification about these requests.
As for the Requests, once you open the message from the people you don’t follow, you will be asked to either Delete or Accept the message. On accepting, you can engage with the person and will move the message to your inbox.
Do note that the sender won’t know that you have seen the message until you have accepted their request. On the other hand, deleting the message will remove it from your inbox. However, deleting a message will not prevent the account from sending you messages in the future. These features are available on Twitter for iOS and Android.