Are automatic Twitter direct messages (DM’s) making it impossible for you to manage all your Twitter messages?

Do you feel that people are spamming your DM feed?

How many “thanks for following me” or “thank you for the follow” messages do you have in your DM area right now in your Twitter profile?

I’ve tried several tools, some more effective than others,  but many still require more effort than I’d like to put towards it to keep my DM box manageable.

In my opinion, Twitter could resolve this by simply adding a a check box in someones profile that you could check if you want to grant permission for DM’s from a particular follower.  At the moment, anybody you follow can send you a DM…and most do in the form of “thanks for following”.

Twitter tip:  STOP SENDING “THANKS FOR FOLLOWING” AUTOMATIC MESSAGES!

Since Twitter isn’t going to change any time soon…

I decided to make this post to solicit some ideas on how you manage your DM SPAM.  What tools to you use (paid or free)?  How much time do you spend managing your DM’s?  Do you even check your DM’s?

Here’s what I’m doing…

Based on the comment feedback, I’ll probably want to get in contact with you for a little project that I’m putting together.  Leave your comment and your real email address in the comment form (no one else will see it) and I’ll try to respond via email.

Looking for intelligent answers and insights here.  You “may” leave your recommendations in the form of an affiliate link in the comment as long as you identify the link as an affiliate link in your comment.  We’re not looking for one line affiliate recommendations.  I won’t approve blatant affiliate promotions.  Instead make an intelligent, interesting, informative comment.

So here’s the question to the readers of The How To Project:

How do you handle your Twitter DM box and which tools do you use to make managing your Twitter DM box easier?

Your turn…comments??

After 20 comments I’ll reveal a FREE piece of software that I personally use and like.  No cost and no email opt-in required.    So leave your well thought out comment so I can post my solution.