Elon Musk announced new limits on the number of posts Twitter users will be able to read each day in an effort to fight what he calls “extreme levels of data scraping” and “system manipulation.” The announcement from the billionaire owner of Twitter comes just a day after the social media platform decided to make it impossible for anyone without a Twitter account to read tweets.

Musk explained that “verified” Twitter users would be limited to reading 6,000 posts per day, regular users would be limited to reading 600 posts per day and newly created accounts would be limited to reading 300 posts per day.

It should be noted that while Musk is using the term “verified,” Twitter doesn’t actually verify the identity of anyone with a blue checkmark since he took over the company back in October. Musk began charging people $8 per month to receive a blue tick mark, which has led to more misinformation being spread on Twitter.

It’s not immediately clear how many posts the average Twitter user reads per day, but some users complained about already hitting the limits on Saturday. It appears, however, that Tweetdeck and third-party apps still permit unverified users access to more than six hundred posts each day.

Musk has previously said he wanted Twitter to become a space where people spend the most “unregretted” user minutes online, a metric that’s not typically measured in the world of social media advertising.

Many Twitter users were not happy with Musk’s announcement about limiting the number of tweets any given user can read in a day.

“I scroll through about 100 posts on my timeline per minute. If he keeps this it will literally end Twitter,” one user complained.

“It’s a social media app, selling ads based on impressions and time spent on the app, that is going to make people use the app less. Unreal,” another user pointed out.

“This is nuts,” yet another user tweeted.

Jay Rosen from the media commented that Twitter Blue – which gives you a blue tick at $8 a month – was performing poorly and it might be possible to increase subscribers.

Other users joked about Twitter giving out tweet “rations” like in a Communist dictatorship.

Some users joked about how this new move by Musk would allow them to break the “addiction” of Twitter.

“Your addiction is about to be broken. All of us will be …read more

Source:: Social Media Explorer

Author: Aaron