{"id":1962645,"date":"2023-07-02T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T15:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-announces-new-content-limits-on-twitter-users-are-furious\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T11:04:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T15:04:38","slug":"elon-musk-announces-new-content-limits-on-twitter-users-are-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-announces-new-content-limits-on-twitter-users-are-furious\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter Content Limits Spark User Outrage."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-announces-new-content-limits-on-twitter-users-are-furious%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Man Who Promised More for Twitter Now Imposes Limits<\/h2>\n<p>The man who has said Twitter under his ownership could be so much more has now imposed limits giving users so much less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-announces-new-temporary-measures-to-address-issues-on-twitter\/\" title=\"Elon Musk introduces 'temporary' solutions for Twitter problems.\">address extreme levels<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-temporarily-limits-usage\/\" title=\"Twitter restricts usage temporarily.\">data scraping &#038; system manipulation<\/a>, we\u2019ve applied the following temporary limits: \u2013 Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts\/day \u2013 Unverified accounts to 600 posts\/day \u2013 New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-700-survivors-advocates-call-on-congress-for-criminal-investigation-into-pornhubs-parent-company\/\" title=\"Over 700 Survivors, Advocates Call On Congress For Criminal Investigation Into Pornhub\u2019s Parent Company\">unverified accounts<\/a> to 300\/day,\u201d he wrote Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>An hour later, he revised himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for unverified &#038; 400 for new unverified <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fuRcJLifTn\">https:\/\/t.co\/fuRcJLifTn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1675214274627530754?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Now to 10k, 1k &#038; 0.5k<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1675260424109928449?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ufc-legend-offers-train-elon-musk-ahead-fight-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a> also had time for his trademark wit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRate limited due to reading all the posts about rate limits,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rate limited due to reading all the posts about rate limits<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1675210005073600512?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Talk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-publicly-puts-biden-place-white-house-targets-kids-pride-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">limits<\/a> was a far cry from his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1521523506512470018?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1521523506512470018%7Ctwgr%5Ec63ee375766442771888a83b9a3bdc46c8f0a506%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftwitter-has-much-potential-to-be-elon-musk-on-his-impact-on-social-media-101651598377774.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jaunty prediction<\/a> a year ago that \u201cThere is so much potential with Twitter to be the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-announces-new-content-limits-on-twitter-users-are-furious\/\" title=\"Elon Musk's Twitter Content Limits Spark User Outrage.\">trusted &#038; broadly inclusive forum<\/a> in the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The limits were not very popular with users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Putting hard limits on reads is web 1.0 stuff.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1675196118215323648?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0vSTQ4e4pL\">pic.twitter.com\/0vSTQ4e4pL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1675189321161211904?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">5,999 post left to read<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatcherGuru\/status\/1675189715853615105?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brb, gonna see how long it takes me to look at 6k posts<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MrBeast (@MrBeast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBeast\/status\/1675188770646155265?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/twitter-limits-number-of-posts-users-can-read-prompting-disruptions-for-some-15bc01cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> sought to provide some context, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/musk-vs-youtube-twitters-plan-dominate-video-sharing-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk\u2019s<\/a> action \u201cflows from an intensifying fight by Twitter to curb AI companies trying to scrape the site for data presumably used to help train their models for free.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you agree with Musk\u2019s new limits?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. 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immediate action was necessary due to EXTREME levels of data scraping. Almost every company doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/job-board-uses-ai-prioritize-diversity-brink-collapse-following-fraud-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI<\/a>, from startups to some of the biggest corporations on Earth, was scraping vast amounts of data. It is rather galling to have to bring large numbers of servers online on an emergency basis just to facilitate some AI startup\u2019s outrageous valuation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late in the week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-groups-attempt-tie-elon-musk-missing-titanic-sub-blows-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> was requiring web users to be logged into the site to view website posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTemporary emergency measure. We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!\u201d Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1674865731136020505?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral hundred organizations (maybe more) were scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively, to the point where it was affecting the real user experience,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1674887204580073474?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-announces-new-content-limits-twitter-users-furious\/\">Elon Musk Announces New Content Limits on Twitter, Users Are Furious<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of Twitter, who once envisioned its potential, has now restricted users. 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