Elon Musk, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, has implemented adjustments to address significant levels of data scraping and system manipulation on the social media platform.
As part of these changes, verified accounts will now have a daily limit of reading 10,000 posts. Unverified accounts, on the other hand, will be restricted to 1,000 posts per day, while new unverified accounts can only read 500 posts daily.
Now to 10k, 1k & 0.5k
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023
Initially, Musk had announced lower limits during the temporary restrictions. The initial announcement stated that verified accounts would be limited to 6,000 posts per day, unverified accounts to 600 posts per day, and new unverified accounts to 300 posts per day.
However, this decision faced opposition, prompting Musk to revise the limits. The revised limits then stood at 8,000 posts for verified accounts, 800 posts for unverified accounts, and 400 posts for new unverified accounts.
Despite the adjustments, social media users continued to express their dissatisfaction, leading Musk to further revise the daily limits to their current levels.
Read more tweets from affected users:
dude, i haven't reached my twitter limit since yesterday. is it actually gone or what?
— nuel (@b_bbyel) July 3, 2023
Answered some tweets and already twitter has said I've reached my limit. I can't even look through my timeline because now it won't let me.
— James 🧄 (@SisterDogmata) July 3, 2023
Elon is obviously lying because no way are the limits imposed on people hundreds of tweet views; I didn't even manage ANY views.
My twitter is working for the moment. I feel like I'm in a car with the gas needle on empty and the next gas station is 50 miles away. I bet when I get to the gas station, they'll be a sign out front that reads, "You've reached your limit try again later."
— Kyle Owens (@KyleOwe02309720) July 3, 2023
My twitter is working for the moment. I feel like I'm in a car with the gas needle on empty and the next gas station is 50 miles away. I bet when I get to the gas station, they'll be a sign out front that reads, "You've reached your limit try again later."
— Kyle Owens (@KyleOwe02309720) July 3, 2023
Source: The Independent Ghana | Andy Ogbarmey-Tettey