When I started using Twitter and as my follower list grew, I immediately was bombarded with hundreds of direct messages (DM), you know, Twitter email. But unlike my regular email, I couldn’t just ‘check all’ and then hit ‘delete’ in the Twitter email. Nope. Instead I had to go through the painstaking process of deleting each and every single message individually. Monotenous and very time consuming. Who in the world has time for that? What in the world was Twitter thinking when they came up with that dumb Twitter email requirement! No wonder their logo is a bird. Emptying my Twitter Email account like that IS for the birds!
So I immediately started looking for a solution. First I found something called DM Whacker. And I liked it for a couple of days until my Firefox browser did one of their automatic updates, and rendered the thing worthless.
Then I discovered that Tweetlater has a cool feature that takes care of the process for me. Tweetlater actually does a whole bunch of really cool things… but I must warn you… most automated Twitter functions out there online can eventually get you banned for spam on Twitter. So use those at your own risk. But the Tweetlater DM purge feature is a fantastic time saver and I highly recommend you use Tweetlater if for nothing else, use it for that alone! This slick little tool allows me to delete all of my direct messages with just one click. Now that’s what I’m talking about!
To sign up for a free Tweetlater account and start dumping your inbox, go to; http://www.socialoomph.com/ You’ll notice that Tweetlater recently changed their web address and name, but it’s still the same great service.
I hope you found this Twitter Email tip helpful. If you think this is right or if you think this is wrong… tell me… post your thoughts and ideas below.
