New abbreviations, slang and acronyms seemingly pop up online every day. "DM" means "direct message," according to Merriam-Webster. The term can be used as a noun or verb. As a noun, "DM" stands ...

According to rumblings from X employees and independent researchers, the classic DM tab may soon be replaced by something called XChat. SEE ALSO: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk call to delete IP laws ...

If the latter option was chosen, the DM button would only appear for those followed users. This new third option, however, allows users to receive DMs only from users they follow and verified ...

With this new feature, people looking to send DM requests to people who don’t follow them will face two new restrictions. First, rather than being able to send an unlimited number of DM requests ...

Instagram is trying to make it more difficult for people you don’t follow to spam you with unwanted DM requests. After testing the feature in June, Instagram now only lets users you don’t ...