Many Twitter users were experiencing bizarre issues that made the social media platform unusable.
Elon Musk’s Twitter is an absolute mess, and users let bootleg Tony Stark know it. Wednesday afternoon, around 4:45 pm, per the New York Times reporting, Twitter’s core features, like direct messages and tweets, were not working for many users for several hours.
Around 6:30 pm, Twitter acknowledged the issues and said it was working to fix the issues in a tweet. “Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We’re aware and working to get this fixed,” the company’s support account said.
Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We're aware and working to get this fixed.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 8, 2023
While some users could send tweets, others got a message incorrectly telling them they were “over the daily limit for sending Tweets.” Even retweets were not working when users attempted to send one, and they would get this “Sorry! You’ve have exceeded your Tweet limit. Try retweet again tomorrow” message.
The ability to follow accounts was also not working for many. Rex Chapman and many others shared the issue on their timelines.
What!?pic.twitter.com/TGqynHidLQ
— Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) February 9, 2023
Was This Done On Purpose?
The Hollywood Reporter reports the company is limiting users to 2,400 tweets a day, significantly impacting businesses and individual accounts.
Per THR:
The company, under Elon Musk, is now placing limits to the number of direct messages and tweets that a user can send per day, according to a page on Twitter’s Help Center site. The daily tweet limit is 2,400, but the site notes, “the daily update limit is further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals.” Retweets also count toward that limit.
In response to the THR report, the company claims, “The “limits” mentioned in the article are not new, and were not just implemented today. They have been the policy since 2019 on Twitter.”
Twitter Places Limits on Tweet Frequency to 2400 Tweets Per Day
Other new limits include:
– 500 direct messages per day
– 400 new accounts follows per dayTwitter is also capping the total number an individual user can follow to 5,000https://t.co/BPWsgMTBWn
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 8, 2023
Regardless of what they say, there is no denying after Elon Musk reluctantly acquired the platform for $44 billion, it’s been a hot mess, and users are letting him know that.
You can see the reactions in the gallery below.
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1. True
Elon Musk paid $44 BILLION DOLLARS to destroy Twitter.
Retweet if he should be forced to pay his fair share of taxes.
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) February 9, 2023
2. Accurate
Elon Musk: I’m so smart, I can fire everyone & Twitter will STILL run smoothly!
Twitter running smoothly: pic.twitter.com/4ajJpXdAK2
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 9, 2023
3.
"How do you feel about elon musk messing up twitter?"
– I hate Elon and wanna push him down a flight of stairshttps://t.co/VSnpE7KTb1 pic.twitter.com/q8n2xdVacF— The Chad (@Steve12618831) February 9, 2023
4. HA
Elon Musk with twitter pic.twitter.com/ApI2mnU8x2
— Kin of kiss-shot acerola-orion heart-under-blade (@firepunchguy) February 9, 2023
5. Another interesting problem
Something it going on with the @Twitter algorithm. In my timeline, I’m getting EVERY tweet of MTG, Boebert & Gym Jordan; none of whom I follow. But I see NONE of @RexChapman ‘s, whom I’ve been following & interacting with for YEARS.@elonmusk ‘a agenda is pretty clear.
— keith lyle (@funnykeithlyle) February 9, 2023
6.
twitter before elon musk vs. twitter after elon musk pic.twitter.com/VYsXvMr3n7
— Steve Luvender (@steveluvender) February 8, 2023
7.
Elon Musk on his way to fix Twitter. pic.twitter.com/PoYH2uORUV
— Mike From Texas (@Sundog512) February 9, 2023
8.
Twitter is an absolute mess ever since Musk took over. Functions keep breaking, tens of thousands of followers have left, my feed is a mess… the only good thing is that it’s helped me reduce my overall screen time as I’m not on here as much anymore. Nice work, Elon
— Trish Zornio (@trish_zornio) February 9, 2023
9.
I was listening to a Twitter Space the other night where former Twitter employees and left-leaning advocates discussed @elonmusk failures at @Twitter.
They seemed to think Elon didn't have the know-how or ability to make Twitter profitable or fix the technology Twitter is built… https://t.co/dLyMnBZrXx pic.twitter.com/rde9B11FK8
— Ryan Cunningham (@rycunni) February 9, 2023
10.
Hey, Twitter. I’m a college football coach trying to recruit so if you could not interfere with my recruiting I would greatly appreciate it. @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/My8Ers0GfU
— Austin J. Shiner (@ShinerAustin13) February 9, 2023
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