Musk Puts Limits on Twitter Use

Announcement follows access problems for users
By Bob Cronin,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 1, 2023 12:05 PM CDT
Updated Jul 1, 2023 3:00 PM CDT
Twitter Users Report Problems
Twitter logos hang outside the company's offices in San Francisco in December.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
UPDATE Jul 1, 2023 3:00 PM CDT

Hours after reports began pouring in of access problems on his platform, Elon Musk announced new limits on the number of tweets users can read each day. Verified accounts will be capped at 6,000 posts a day and unverified at 600 posts. New unverified users will have a daily limit of 300 posts, NBC News reports. In his tweet on Saturday afternoon, Musk called the limits temporary. The move is to counter computer programs that sift through posts to extract useful data, per the Washington Post; Musk blamed "extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation." Users having trouble early in the day had already received a "Rate limit exceeded" message. Musk didn't say how long the limits will be in place or what might prompt their elimination.

Jul 1, 2023 12:05 PM CDT

Users around the world reported difficulties with Twitter on Saturday. Many said they
were greeted with "Rate limit exceeded" or "Cannot retrieve tweets" messages when they tried to post or even view tweets, CNBC reports. Downdetector.com reports showed the problems intensifying early in the morning. The platform has had such problems several times since Elon Musk took over, including outages in February and March. There's no indication of what the cause of the current one is or when it might end, per MarketWatch. Twitter was asked to comment but has not so far.

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