(7-1-23) Twitter users were not happy with the recent changes implemented today…“Rate limit exceeded”

Elon Musk said Saturday that Twitter users will only be able to read a certain number of posts per day due to-

“extreme levels of data scraping” and “system manipulation” on the platform.

Musk is the executive chairman and CTO of Twitter and said that the limits are temporary, but verified accounts will be able to read 8,000 posts per day, unverified accounts will be able to read 800 posts per day and new unverified accounts will be limited to reading 400 posts per day.

Later in the day, Musk tweeted the limits would be raised again, “Now to 10k, 1k & 0.5k.”

Musk did not say exactly when those restrictions will be increased or lifted entirely. He increased the limits twice from the previous rates he had set earlier Saturday afternoon.

Twitter also began restricting access to content that was available to users without an account on Friday. Twitter had previously allowed people to view public profiles and tweets, even if they had not signed in, but they are now immediately prompted with a log-in window.