Twitter Temporarily Sets Rate Limits for Users, Blames ‘Extreme Levels of Data Scraping’
Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk announced the news Saturday after users were unable to read tweets.
Elon Musk set off early fireworks on Saturday after Twitter users were met with “rate limit exceeded” messages.
Musk told Twitter users that the company was temporarily limiting how many posts people could see per day to “address extreme levels of data scraping.”
met with ireTo address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023
– Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day
– Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day
– New unverified accounts to 300/day
The reason I set a “View Limit” is because we are all Twitter addicts and need to go outside.
— Elon Musk (Parody) (@ElonMuskAOC) July 1, 2023
I’m doing a good deed for the world here.
Also, that’s another view you just used.
Tech and ad industry veterans told the AP that the move is “remarkably bad” and may create new problems for Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, who just started her role in June.
Related: Who Is Linda Yaccarino? Everything to Know About Twitter’s New CEO
Now to 10k, 1k & 0.5k
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023
Entrepreneur did not reach out to Twitter for comment because the one-time $44 billion company responds to all press requests with a poop emoji.
Related: Instagram Is Reportedly Rolling Out A Text-Based App to Compete With Twitter
Elon Musk set off early fireworks on Saturday after Twitter users were met with “rate limit exceeded” messages.
Musk told Twitter users that the company was temporarily limiting how many posts people could see per day to “address extreme levels of data scraping.”
met with ireTo address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023
– Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day
– Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day
– New unverified accounts to 300/day
The reason I set a “View Limit” is because we are all Twitter addicts and need to go outside.
— Elon Musk (Parody) (@ElonMuskAOC) July 1, 2023
I’m doing a good deed for the world here.
Also, that’s another view you just used.
Tech and ad industry veterans told the AP that the move is “remarkably bad” and may create new problems for Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, who just started her role in June.
Related: Who Is Linda Yaccarino? Everything to Know About Twitter’s New CEO
Now to 10k, 1k & 0.5k
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023
Entrepreneur did not reach out to Twitter for comment because the one-time $44 billion company responds to all press requests with a poop emoji.
Related: Instagram Is Reportedly Rolling Out A Text-Based App to Compete With Twitter
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