Social platform has limited tweets for verified accounts to 10,000, 1,000 tweets per day for non-verified users
Twitter Executive Chair Elon Musk Saturday announced that the social media platform limited the number of tweets a user could see in light of "extreme levels" of data scraping and system manipulation.
The move has upset many Twitter users, forcing them to mull quitting the platform. "Goodbye Twitter" trended following Musk's announcement.
In line with the new guidelines, the social platform has limited tweets for verified accounts to 10,000, 1,000 tweets per day for non-verified users, and 500 tweets for new unverified accounts.
Musk, who also owns SpaceX, did not give a timeline for how long will the new measures remain in place.
Before this measure, the Twitter owner had announced that people would no longer be able to read tweets on the site without signing into an account.
The social media platform had previously taken a number of steps to win back advertisers who left Twitter under Musk's ownership and to boost subscription revenue by making verification checkmarks a part of the Twitter Blue program.
Man @elonmusk you got to be kidding. Twitter went from being my favorite social media platform to my least favorite. The rate limit is so lame. There is no reason on earth to put consumption restrictions depending on verification, unlike any other platform. 1 more week and gone.
— Prashastha Mudannayake (@Prashastha4Real) July 2, 2023
Here's how Twitterati responded to the latest move:
Quick, before your Rate Limit is Exceeded if you even see this..
— 🍍Its that comic book guy from the internets 🌺 (@Bodhi_Tweets) July 1, 2023
Retweet and Like this tweet!#RateLimitExceeded #GoodbyeTwitter pic.twitter.com/KIMYTIFd9r
Elon Musk is 52 and acting like he's 13.. Please, someone get the old Twitter owner to buy it back. pic.twitter.com/i7HE9vXAZ1
— Josh | Galactic Republic Gaming (@GrandArmyGaming) July 2, 2023
Let me go back to email now that twitter has limits 🙂 pic.twitter.com/XSJY8j5l7n
— AfricanChild (@TotoAfricanus) July 2, 2023
truly what’s the point of twitter if we can’t interact with tweets or see them?? I’m sorry but I’m not paying that tesla musket any money. pic.twitter.com/95X2vYQnpU
— lo 🦭 (@packersloren) July 2, 2023
Verified users Non-varified
— Sia⋆ (@siappaa_) July 2, 2023
enjoying twitter users watching
with 6000 tweets: them enjoying: pic.twitter.com/1FwU2lU9Ub