Twitter CEO Elon Musk has revealed a bizarre new temporary feature on Twitter that will restrict the amount of content users can view.
On Saturday, those who use the popular microblogging platform posted to complain they were unable to load tweets, with many even claiming they could only see tweets made on Friday night as they had exceeded their "rate limit".
One unsatisfied user wrote, alongside a screenshot taken of the app that read: "Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again", posted: "That's what I get for scrolling a couple of trendings..."
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In a post from his Twitter account, the Tesla boss, who took the helm of Twitter in October last year, explained that the number of posts that different types of accounts could view had been limited in response to "extreme levels of data scraping".
He wrote: "To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits: Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day; Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day; New unverified accounts to 300/day."
However, after announcing the initial limits on Saturday, Musk added that the reading limits would "soon" rise to 800 tweets per day for unverified accounts, 400 for new unverified accounts and 8,000 for verified accounts.
The tech tycoon did not give an indication of how long the new limits would be in place or whether some kind of permanent cap was coming down the line. When the Daily Star contacted Twitter's press office for more information, the publication received an automated reply containing only a poo emoji.
DownDetector, a website which reports when websites and apps are not working, had received thousands of complaints about the app. By 4pm on Saturday, the site had received a whopping 5,206 complaints.
