Twitter adds new Message button to quickly share tweets with DM contacts

Twitter users now have a faster way to share other tweets with the people that they choose to Direct Message. A new Message button has been added to its Android and iOS apps that allows that to happen much more quickly than before.
Every day, millions of people send Direct Messages to communicate privately with friends, family, experts, brands, and anyone else they find interesting on Twitter. In fact, we've seen the number of messages sent grow over 60% in 2015. And the number of Tweets shared privately has grown even faster, at 200% in just the second half of last year.With all this interest, we've also heard from many of you that it could be easier to share a Tweet using Direct Message. So now — in just a few taps — you can share unique Twitter content from your timeline right into your private conversation.
The new Message button makes it even easier to send Tweets privately to friends: https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/a/2016/an-easier-way-to-share-tweets-privately.html pic.twitter.com/HEdCxSn9RAThe new Message button makes it even easier to send Tweets privately to friends: https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/a/2016/an-easier-way-to-share-tweets-privately.html pic.twitter.com/HEdCxSn9RA— Twitter (@twitter) April 5, 2016April 5, 2016
This is just the latest addition for Direct Message support on Twitter. The company has increased the DM character limit to 10,000 and added the ability to send GIF images, among other things.
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