Elon Musk has just introduced a new limit on the number of tweets users can read each day, and it’s causing quite a stir. Thousands of users have been experiencing difficulties accessing the site, prompting Musk to take action. In a tweet on Saturday, Musk revealed that verified accounts will now be restricted to reading 6,000 posts a day, while unverified accounts will only have access to a mere 600 posts. And if you’re a new unverified user, brace yourself for an even lower limit of just 300 posts a day.
But don’t worry, Musk has promised that these limits are only temporary. They have been put in place to combat the rampant data scraping and system manipulation that has been plaguing the platform. In fact, Musk has already announced that the limits will soon be increased to 8,000 for verified users, 800 for unverified users, and 400 for new unverified users.
The impact of these limits has been felt by users across the board, with many receiving error messages like “Rate limit exceeded” or “Cannot retrieve tweets.” According to Downdetector, a website that tracks online service outages, over 7,300 people have reported issues with Twitter as of 11 a.m. ET. It’s clear that Musk’s new program has sparked a lot of discussion and frustration among users.
