{"id":19686,"date":"2023-07-03T03:34:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T03:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/elon-musk-imposes-rate-limit-on-twitter-citing-extreme-system-manipulation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T03:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T03:34:39","slug":"elon-musk-imposes-rate-limit-on-twitter-citing-extreme-system-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/elon-musk-imposes-rate-limit-on-twitter-citing-extreme-system-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk imposes ‘rate limit’ on Twitter citing extreme \u2018system manipulation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Social media platform Twitter is temporarily limiting the number of posts that users will be allowed to read per day, after seeing \u201cextreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation,\u201d according to executive chairman Elon Musk. <\/p>\n

In a July 1 post, Musk said<\/a> the temporary limits will see verified accounts capped at 10,000 posts per day, while unverified and new, unverified accounts are capped at 1,000 and 500 posts per day respectively:<\/p>\n

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Now to 10k, 1k & 0.5k<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter users had been reporting issues on the platform over the last few days including the inability to retrieve tweets, missing timelines, and being met with a “rate limited exceeded” message, leading to the hashtag #TwitterDown #TwitterFail to trend in certain jurisdictions. <\/p>\n

A screenshot of a Twitter user\u2019s account \u2014 having reached their rate limit. Source: Twitter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Real-time outage monitor website Downdetector has seen thousands of user-submitted reports claiming Twitter outages over the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n

France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the East and West Coasts of the United States appear to be the most affected regions, according to Is The Service Down.<\/p>\n

Number of outage reports on Twitter in 15-minute intervals over the last 24 hours. Source: Downdetector<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Musk didn\u2019t clarify what may be responsible for scraping Twitter\u2019s data and didn\u2019t elaborate on the root cause behind the \u201csystem manipulation\u201d claim, but said<\/a> that their data was being “pillaged” so much it was degrading service for users.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some suggest that the extreme “data scraping” has been caused by web-browsing-enabled artificial intelligence chatbots, such as OpenAI’s GPT-4.<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to Twitter\u2019s developer documents,\u00a0rate limits are imposed to manage the volume of requests made to Twitter\u2019s Application Program Interface (API).<\/p>\n

\u201cThese limits help us provide the reliable and scalable API that our developer community relies on,\u201d the document states.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Twitter suspends memecoin-linked AI bot after Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018scam crypto\u2019 claim<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter was among the few that\u00a0defended the recent moves in a July 2 post<\/a>, noting that \u201cRunning Twitter is hard\u201d and that the decision was likely made for the greater good of the platform.<\/p>\n

He added that he\u2019d like to see Twitter move to a \u201ctruly censorship-resistant open protocol\u201d like Bitcoin and Nostr:<\/p>\n

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And I do hope they consider building on truly censorship-resistant open protocols like bitcoin and nostr to help ease that burden. Good for all, and critical to preserve the open internet.<\/p>\n

\u2014 jack (@jack) July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Outside of the office, Musk appears to be training<\/a> for a potential mixed martial arts cage fight with fellow billionaire and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. <\/p>\n

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