Twitter users who have not paid for a subscription can no longer freely use the service. Elon Musk decided to introduce the maximum number of posts that such users can read. “We have no choice, this is a temporary emergency measure,” Musk said.
The platform’s owner says it was forced to enforce time limits on reading messages to curb “extreme levels” of data collection and system manipulation, owner Elon Musk wrote in a Saturday post. It is not known how long the new rules will be in effect.
Twitter restrictions for verified and unverified accounts
What are the limits?
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Verified account holders (with a blue checkmark) can read up to 6000 posts per day. The subscription costs $8 per month.
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Unverified account holders will read a maximum of 600 messages per day.
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Owners of new unverified accounts will read 300 posts per day.
Musk added that these limits will change soon - users of verified accounts will be able to read up to 8,000 posts per day, unverified - up to 800, new unverified - up to 400. The figure seems to be growing by the hour, because late on Saturday evening, Musk announced that finally, the limits should be respectively: 10,000, 1,000 and 500 entries.
Limits confused users
Users were surprised by the decision on limits, and when they realized that they could not use all the functions of the site and were confused, they began to file complaints. On Saturday, their number after By 16:00 in the USA it exceeded 5.8 thousand, in Germany - over a thousand, and in Poland over 700 messages with comments were recorded. Users complain that they can’t view posted or shared messages, and report that tweets from other authors aren’t loading for them.
Source: Wprost
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