Exclusive Web Stories:– On Saturday, Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, announced temporary restrictions on the ability to view and publish messages for verified accounts, unverified accounts, and new accounts.
Learn the reasoning behind these restrictions, which were implemented to prevent data harvesting and other forms of system exploitation.
Determine why the social media platform intermittently requires users to sign in before use. Blue is the name of Twitter’s newest membership grade.
Posting Limits for Twitter Users: Unverified, Verified, and New Accounts
Unverified users can only post up to 600 times daily, while verified accounts can post up to 6,000 times daily. New accounts that haven’t been confirmed can only post 300 times a day, and Musk didn’t say how long an account would have to be active before it stopped being called “new.”
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Temporary Limits Implemented to Combat Data Scraping and System Manipulation
The billionaire said that the “temporary limits” are an effort to stop “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.” No information was given about when the rules would be changed.
Musk said on Friday that as a “temporary emergency measure,” users can no longer use the social networking site without first logging in.
He said on Twitter, “We were having our data stolen to the point where regular customers were having trouble getting service.”
Twitter Blue Membership: Verified Badge Subscription for $8 per Month
Verified users on Twitter now have to pay $8 per month to keep their badge. Musk has made many controversial changes to Twitter since he bought the company in October. One of these is the start of the Twitter Blue membership service.