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09-08-2016, 08:32 PM
Twitter updates direct messages with read receipts, dreaded three dots and link previews
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Everything's different, and yet it's all the same.
Twitter has updated direct messages with read receipts, typing indicators (the three dots you're probably familiar with from Messenger and iMessage) and web link previews.
The company an**unced the news via a 38-second video shared on the microblogging site.*
SEE ALSO: Twitter **w lets select users make money off of videos (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/twitter-revenue-share-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As seen in the video, participants in a group chat can see when a message is seen by everyone. Each user's profile photo is shown when they are typing.*
Twitter did **t share whether or **t the feature is opt out and did **t immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/twitter-r/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Everything's different, and yet it's all the same.
Twitter has updated direct messages with read receipts, typing indicators (the three dots you're probably familiar with from Messenger and iMessage) and web link previews.
The company an**unced the news via a 38-second video shared on the microblogging site.*
SEE ALSO: Twitter **w lets select users make money off of videos (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/twitter-revenue-share-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As seen in the video, participants in a group chat can see when a message is seen by everyone. Each user's profile photo is shown when they are typing.*
Twitter did **t share whether or **t the feature is opt out and did **t immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/twitter-r/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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