‘Can’t even see my own tweets’: Twitter users despair over Elon Musk’s decision to limit views
In his latest Twitter shake-up, Elon Musk has decided to temporarily control how many tweets users can read each day.
On Saturday, Musk announced the daily limit, with some accounts restricted to 300 posts.
Musk said verified users would be able to read 6,000 posts per day, while unverified and newly created unverified accounts would only be able to read either 600 or 300 posts per day.
The decision sparked backlash and within hours the billionaire said he had extended the limits to 10,000 for verified users, 1,000 for unverified users, and 500 for newly unverified users.
On Friday, Musk also changed Twitter’s rules to stop unregistered users from viewing tweets without signing up. He said the move was part of “drastic and immediate” action to restrict access to tweets because AI companies were stealing Twitter’s data.
Despite Musk insisting the restrictions are temporary, some users have been confused and irritated by the sudden change of rules.
“How on earth did I already use up all my rate limits,” Rawsalerts, a media account, tweeted, along with a screenshot of the account’s limited timeline. “Now I can’t even see my own tweets what is happening.”
YouTube star MrBeast also chimed in on the drama: “I hit my tweet viewing limit for the day. Wtf do I do with my life now.”
“It is time I just quit Twitter at this point,” Matt Navarra, a social-media expert, posted in response to another user complaining they couldn’t access his content.
Others took to joking about the new restrictions. One user poked fun at the risk the policy might reduce views: “Babe no your tweet’s a banger! Everyone just exceeded their rate limit before they saw it! Babe trust me!”
Another joked about their attempts to slow down their scrolling, posting a meme with the text: “Me trying to not scroll fast and waste my 600 tweet limit.”
Musk also appeared to try and join in the fun, retweeting a parody account of himself that said the view limit was an attempt to make Twitter addicts “go outside.”
Representatives for Twitter did not respond to Insider’s request for comment with a message that addressed the question.
生词记录
shake-up 调整，改组
verify 核实，证明，证实
spark 引发
backlash 强烈抵制，集体反对
unregistered 未注册，未登记的
sign up 注册，报名参加
drastic 剧烈的，极端的
insist 坚持说，强调，坚决要求
irritate 激怒
chime in 附和；插话（通常表示赞同）
poke fun at 打趣，取笑某人
banger 香肠；老爷车；爆竹
exceed 超过
meme 指网上迅速传播流行起来的一些概念，类似段子，梗，表情包
parody 滑稽模仿作品；拙劣的模仿
addict 有瘾的人，入迷的人
