In a post on Twitter on Saturday, Elon Musk revealed that Twitter has introduced temporary reading limits in response to what he described as "extreme levels" of data scraping and system manipulation.
'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" - Musk tweeted
Verified accounts are currently restricted to reading 6,000 posts per day, while unverified accounts and new unverified accounts have limits of 600 and 300 posts per day, respectively.
This move comes after Twitter recently announced that users would be required to have an account on the platform in order to view tweets. Elon Musk referred to this as a "temporary emergency measure" in a tweet posted on Friday.
Musk explained that numerous organizations were engaging in aggressive scraping of Twitter data, which was negatively impacting the user experience. By implementing reading limits, Twitter aims to address this issue and prevent further abuse of the platform.
Previously, Twitter has taken various steps to regain the trust of advertisers who had left the platform during Musk's ownership. Additionally, the company has been striving to increase subscription revenue by incorporating verification checkmarks into its Twitter Blue program.
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