By Doug Gross, CNNupdated 12:50 PM EDT, Tue October 15, 2013 | Filed under: Social Media

Under a change on Twitter, you may be able to send a direct message to someone who doesn’t follow you.

STORY HIGHLIGHTSTwitter is making direct messages open to people you don’t followUsers will have to opt in to the featureSome see broader communication, while others see spam

(CNN) — Twitter users can now let any person, company or, presumably, drunken green monster send them private messages on the site.

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