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wdslentz started following the problem "Unrequested deletion of direct messages" in Twitter.

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A comment on the problem "Unrequested deletion of direct messages" in Twitter:

@mdy - thx for testing this and report the behavior, surprising how this (the part about me deleting and the originator's dm also gone) works, but oh well. – ThomasHan, on April 13, 2008 20:45

InBaSsWeTruSt replied on April 13, 2008 15:45 to the problem "Unrequested deletion of direct messages" in Twitter:

That is what I initially thought, thank you

mdy replied on April 13, 2008 15:43 to the problem "Unrequested deletion of direct messages" in Twitter:

It turns out that if we delete a direct message that we've sent, it also disappears from the recipient's "dm inbox".

Similarly, if a user deletes a direct msg that they've received, it also disappears from the sender's direct message "sent dm's"

If you or your friend have a habit of cleaning out your "sent dms" and/or "dm inbox," then you'll both inadvertently be deleting the direct msgs from each other's accounts.

There might be other explanations (perhaps there's a bug), but this is the first one that comes to mind.

InBaSsWeTruSt reported a problem in Twitter on April 13, 2008 12:57:

Unrequested deletion of direct messages

All direct messages I had with another person have been deleted, both sent and received ones, and we follow each other