Twitter temporarily restricts tweets users can see, Elon Musk announces
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, has announced that the platform has implemented a temporary restriction on the number of tweets users can access within a 24-hour period.
According to a message shared by Mr Musk on Twitter, unverified users have the ability to go through approximately 600 posts within a day.
According to him, individuals with verified accounts can only peruse through 6,000 posts in a day, whereas recently unverified accounts are restricted to viewing a mere 300 posts per day.
According to Mr. Musk, the temporary measures were implemented to tackle the severe amount of data scraping and system manipulation.
Last Friday, individuals attempting to use Twitter were informed that in order to see the content, they needed to log in. According to Mr. Musk, this action was considered a "temporary emergency measure."
He stated that the social networking site was "having its data excessively plundered, resulting in a deterioration of the experience for regular users".
Based on the information provided by the website Downdetector, which monitors disruptions in online services, there was a surge in the number of individuals in the United Kingdom who encountered difficulties accessing the platform at 16:12 BST on Saturday. Precisely, 5,126 users reported experiencing issues during that time.
Approximately 7,461 individuals in the United States experienced malfunctions simultaneously.
Referred to as the blue tick, Twitter used to bestow the verification badge without any cost before Mr. Musk assumed leadership. However, nowadays, users are required to shell out a monthly fee starting at $8 (£6.30) to earn the verification badge.
Certain prominent accounts possess a verification emblem even without having made any payment for it. However, few of them encountered a temporary loss of their blue checkmarks in the month of April.
Last year, Mr. Musk acquired the company for $44 billion (approximately £35 billion) after extensive negotiations. He expressed disapproval towards the previous management of Twitter and emphasized his intention to prevent the platform from becoming an environment where similar opinions are repeatedly echoed.
Shortly after assuming control, he reduced the number of employees from nearly 8,000 individuals to approximately 1,500.
During his interview with the BBC, he expressed that reducing the employee count had posed significant challenges.
Layoffs affected engineers and their departure sparked worries regarding the platform's reliability.
However, although Mr. Musk admitted to some technical issues, he informed the BBC in April that the interruptions were brief and the website was functioning perfectly.
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