The days of sending and receiving unsolicited D pics on Twitter may soon be coming to an end. A new filter has just been launched to prevent unwanted nudes from sliding into people’s DMs.
Safe DM is a plugin that automatically blocks and deletes pictures of penises sent via direct message. According to developers, the filter is 99% effective in detecting D pics.
Kelsey Bressler says she came up with the idea after a dude sent her his unsolicited nudes, which she calls the “virtual equivalent of flashing someone in the street.”
“You’re not giving them a chance to consent,” she told media last year when she first started working on Safe DM. “You are forcing the image on them, and that is never OK.”
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Safe DM scans users’ messages for pictures of penises. If one is detected, it sends a reply to both parties alerting them that the message has been deleted.
Buzzfeed tested the plugin and concluded that the software is extremely accurate when it comes filtering pictures of penises; however, it noted that there’s a lag time of several minutes.
To develop the software, Bressler asked guys to send their nudes to @showyodiq.
“I am testing a filter that is under development which will automatically detect dick pics in DMs and handle them on behalf of the user,” she tweeted last September.
She received over 4,000 pictures in response.
Developers maintain that “not all d*ck pics are bad,” just unsolicited ones.
Not all dick pics are bad!
Safe DM will have a user dashboard with an on/off button so that the filter can be disabled at any time . Just remember to turn it back on when you're done ?
— safeDM (@showYoDiq) February 12, 2020
Safe DM became available to Twitter users on Friday and can be installed by adding the plugin to your account then granting it access to your DMs. Bressler says she hopes to expand the plugin to other social media platforms soon.
While the plugin is being praised by many, at least one Twitter user will not be utilizing the new software.
So twitsers has a new filter to delete 'unsolicited' dick pics from DM's. Safe to say I will never use that filter LOL. All pics welcome to my DM 🙂
— Wolf Master (@Bi_Switch_) February 18, 2020
Invader7
Thank Goodness !!!Herr Twittlerler won’t be able to assault America with an images of his ,tiny weenie !!!
jayceecook
So what about T, V, and As? Why just the Ds? Wouldn’t it be beneficial to everyone to develop something that could do this very same thing for ALL nudes? Or is deleting female nudes from DMs a form of micro-aggression?
I agree that unsolicited nudes are problematic for a lot of people. I just have an issue with the singular vision of this project.
1898
please tell us about all the times that women have sent you unsolicited photos of their genitals
/s
1898
“I just have an issue with the singular vision of this project.”
that’s like saying it’s unfair that Ferrari only makes sports cars or that GMC only makes trucks.
it’s not this developer’s job to cater to every need of every person on earth. she made something that caters to a specific need of specific people. you’re not one of those people. you’ll be fine.
jayceecook
@1898 Actually back when I was on Twitter years ago I did receive unsolicited female, as well as male, nudes. From porn bots, immature “kids”, and who knows else. Most of them were not even of the actual person who sent them. Which is actually worse if you think about it. Just azzholes thinking they’re being funny. That’s why I went back to having my DMs set to private so only people who I mutually followed could DM me.
Your little car analogy is cute but not a comparable one. It may not be her job to cater to everyone’s needs, though I never said that, I find it odd that she has the ability to develop such technology to benefit a multitude of people yet decides to intentionally limit it. Ultimately I could care less as I’m not on Twitter anymore. Still, I am allowed to have an opinion/question/worry/etc and post it publicly. That is until somebody like you develops a plug in to automatically delete comments you don’t agree with.
1898
yes, you’re allowed to comment, and i’m allowed to comment on your comment… or are you unfamiliar with how the internet works?
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
What a dick move…
CityguyUSA
Isn’t dickless more appropriate?
How will I know if anyone likes me?