To counteract computer algorithms that sift through posts to extract valuable data from the social media platform, Twitter’s CEO, Elon Musk, announced on Saturday that Twitter will temporarily cap the number of tweets users can read daily, with specific restrictions for premium and free users.
According to a tweet from Musk, verified users will only be able to see 10,000 posts each day, while unverified accounts would only be able to view 1,000. Following Saturday’s statement, the platform would only allow access to 500 posts each day for new, unverified users.
This adjustment was made following a negative collective response to the company’s initial tweet limitations, which allowed 6,000 tweets for verified users, 600 for unverified users, and 300 for new profiles on Saturday afternoon.
Following Musk’s post, a lot of people started posting screenshots of their Twitter homepages that said “rate limit exceeded,” which hindered their ability to view tweet responses or posts on their home page.
Singer Lauren Jauregui, an old member of the girl band Fifth Harmony, accused Musk of purposely ruining the platform ahead of the elections, “especially considering what his obvious political stance is.”
Making fun of Twitter users after that his name started trending with people calling him out for badly handling managing the platform, Musk tweeted: “The reason I set a “View Limit” is because we are all Twitter addicts and need to go outside. I’m doing a good deed for the world here. Also, that’s another view you just used.”
Many Twitter users are saying that this new update is supposed to push people to subscribe to Twitter Blue, the paid feature of the app in an attempt to get back the excessive amount of money that he paid to purchase the social media platform.
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