Twitter users can only temporarily access a limited number of posts. According to his own statements, owner Musk wants to take action against the “extreme extent of data skimming”.
The short message service Twitter has introduced a restriction on reading posts for users of the platform. This is temporary and necessary to counteract the “extreme extent of data skimming and system manipulation”, said Twitter owner Elon Musk on the platform. He didn’t explain what he meant by that.
According to him, users with “verified” accounts can temporarily only read a maximum of 6,000 posts per day. For those with unverified accounts, there are only up to 600 posts per day. New unverified accounts therefore only have access to a maximum of 300 posts.
Tick against payment
Under Musk, Twitter had changed the allocation of the blue symbols, which once went to accounts of public interest that had been properly verified by Twitter. Users can now get the verification tick with a paid subscription. There is no real verification, only a telephone number is confirmed.
The new restriction caused displeasure among many users because they could no longer access the content shared on the platform as usual. The hashtag #RIPTwitter, which can be translated as “rest in peace, Twitter”, spread in German-speaking countries on Saturday. There was also a lot of criticism in the USA.
Musk then responded and announced that users of verified accounts would then be able to read 10,000 posts per day, those with unverified accounts 1000. New unverified accounts would then have access to a maximum of 500 posts.