Rumours surface claiming X is planning to shut down DMs. Here’s the truth

Elon Musk could be doing away with DMs as we know them on X/Twitter

New platform with Signal-like features could be on the way.

Rumours surface claiming X is planning to shut down DMs. Here’s the truth

The claims have led to rumours, with people saying that a new feature called ‘XChat’ will replace DMs. Trending

XChat to replace DMs on X, users have thoughts

For close to two decades, Twitter users have been able to send private messages on the platform via Direct Messages, or DMs. That feature gave birth to the phrase "sliding into the DMs," which has become a major part of the pop-culture lexicon. But all good things must come to an end. TLC’s ‘CrazySexyCool’ musical in the works According to Mashable, Direct Messages will be changed to XChat. This is one of the many changes to the site since…

X Is Ditching DMs Hours After News of Musk Messaging Women About Impregnating Them Breaks

The morning after reports surfaced that Elon Musk sent DMs offering to impregnate women an engineer revealed that X's direct messaging will be discontinued.

X may soon replace DMs with its upcoming chat platform

X DMs may soon be kaput. On Tuesday, a company software engineer posted on the platform that "the whole entire DM's will be gone soon." But the former Twitter isn't getting rid of messaging; the company is said to be replacing it with a full-fledged chatting system called XChat. X Software Engineer Zach Warunek replied to another user who asked whether XChat would replace message requests. "No, not like request messages but like the whole entire…

X to shut down DMs entirely soon? Grok fact-checks viral claim on 'XChat'

X (formerly Twitter) is planning to discontinue the Direct Messages (DMs) feature, claimed Zach Warunek, who identifies himself as a software engineer.