While the site was down for a long time, Twitter put limits on how much it could be used. Elon Musk announced new limits.
In the middle of a long outage that has made it hard for users to see new posts, Twitter has told its users that they will have to limit how much they use the site. Elon Musk, who owns the site, sent out a tweet about the new limits. Verified account holders will be able to read up to 6,000 posts per day. Unverified users, on the other hand, will only be able to read 600 posts per day. New users who haven’t been verified will only be able to post 300 times per day. Musk says that these rules were put in place because of “extreme levels of data scraping” and “system manipulation.”
Elon Musk Limits How Much Data Can Be Used to Stop Data Scraping
In a recent tweet, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, announced new limits on how much you can use Twitter. He said this was needed to stop people from scraping a lot of data and messing with the system. Musk didn’t say who was doing the “data scraping” or give any more information about the claimed “system manipulation.” But it’s clear that Twitter is trying to deal with these problems, which is why they’ve put in place stricter usage limits.
A technical glitch sends Twitter requests into an endless loop
Despite what Musk said at first, it looks like Twitter may be the cause of the problem that has caused the long outage. A coder says that a bug in Twitter’s web app sends requests to the platform over and over again. Because of this bug, tens of thousands of Twitter users have said that their feeds aren’t getting new tweets. Instead, they saw an error message that said the maximum rate had been reached. The Twitter team is working quickly to fix this problem and get the site back to normal.
Out-of-the-box answers to technical problems
Twitter has had other technical problems besides the current outage and limits on how much it can be used. In the past few months, there have been a number of technical problems with the platform that have required creative answers. In answer to this ongoing fight, Twitter temporarily stopped letting people who weren’t logged in use its platform. These unusual steps show that Twitter is determined to keep its services going despite the problems it faces.
A Possible Twitter Rival for Meta Looms in the Distance
This outage is interesting because it happens at a crucial time for social media giant Meta, which is rumoured to be getting ready to start a platform that will compete with Twitter. As Meta gets more popular, Twitter’s technology problems could make people want to switch to other platforms. The battle between the two social media giants is likely to get tougher. Meta hopes to lure users away from Twitter by using its large user base and diverse ecosystem.
Conclusion
Twitter’s decision to limit usage is a reaction to the widespread scraping of data and tampering with the system. Elon Musk’s announcement of the new limits is meant to solve these urgent problems and make the platform safer and more stable for users. But the recent long shutdown and technical problems show that Twitter still has problems to deal with. As Meta gets ready to start its own Twitter competitor, these problems could affect the number of people who use Twitter. It is still unclear how Twitter will deal with and get around these technology problems if it wants to keep being one of the best social media sites in the world.
