Richer Direct Messaging API to enable creating more powerful BOTs
To enable a truly rich bot experience on Twitter, the API is missing things like:
- Cards message type (image + text + buttons +swipe left/right)
- Buttons and menus as part of message (not only Quick Replies)
- A more integrated webview, that is an integral part of the bot experience (for example the bot sends a "pick your seat" button which opens a small size web widget right in the chat to pick the seat, and then goes back to the main chat bot flow)
And most important:
the fixed limit of 15k DM regardless of number of users is strange, should make it dependent on volume somehow, and also enable purchasing additional bandwidth for highly popular bots.

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Thanks for your feedback! This is not currently a priority to enhance, but it may come at a later date.
You can see what we're focusing on for the near future on our roadmap: https://trello.com/b/myf7rKwV/twitter-developer-platform-roadmap