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Elon Musk Responds to Outage with Temporary Twitter Usage Restrictions
In response to widespread data scraping and system manipulation concerns, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, announced on Saturday that Twitter would be imposing temporary limits on the number of posts users can read each day. The move comes after Twitter experienced a major outage that affected millions of users worldwide, including in India.
Elon Musk Introduces Temporary Post Reading Limits
Musk took to Twitter to address the situation, stating, “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.”
Twitter Outage Causes Global Disruption
The outage, which left thousands of users unable to access the social media platform, prompted a wave of criticism directed at Musk. Twitter users expressed frustration, with one individual humorously commenting, “Someone wake up Elon and tell him his $44 billion app isn’t working!” Another user posted, “Me coming to Twitter to see why it says ‘rate limit exceeded’ #TwitterDown.”
Both hashtags #TwitterDown and #RateLimitExceeded began trending on Twitter as users voiced their discontent.
Prior to the outage, Twitter had already taken the step of suspending browsing access on its web platform for individuals without accounts. Musk defended this drastic action, claiming it was necessary due to the “extreme levels of data scraping” the platform had been experiencing.
“We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users,” Musk explained. He further alleged that numerous companies, ranging from startups to large corporations, were involved in scraping substantial amounts of data for artificial intelligence purposes.
While the move to restrict daily post reading limits may address the issue of data scraping and manipulation, it remains to be seen how users will adapt to the new restrictions. Twitter, as a major player in the social media landscape, will likely face both support and backlash as the changes take effect.
As of now, Twitter has not provided a specific timeline for the duration of these temporary limits or if they will evolve into permanent measures. Users will undoubtedly be keeping a close eye on any further developments from the micro-blogging platform in the coming days.
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