The hashtag “#Goodbye Twitter” has been trending with over 50 thousand tweets as of Saturday evening, as netizens express their dissatisfaction with the new tweeting guidelines introduced by Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter and the world’s richest person.
Elon Musk tweeted that the platform had implemented temporary limits “to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.”
Per the new guidelines, verified accounts are restricted to reading 6,000 posts daily, while unverified accounts are limited to 600 posts. New unverified accounts have an even lower limit of 300 posts per day.
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Musk introduced a blue verification check mark for users who subscribe to Twitter Blue, a premium subscription service to generate additional revenue.
He increased it after the backlash
Following users’ backlash, Musk tweeted that he would increase the limits “soon.” The updated limits would allow verified users to post up to 8,000 tweets per day, while unverified accounts would have a limit of 800 tweets. New unverified accounts would be allowed to post up to 400 tweets per day.
The current update has sparked frustration among many users, leading to other trending topics in Nigeria such as “RIP Twitter” and “rate limit exceeded.”
Reactions: Goodbye Twitter
Nigerians are not smiling at all as they criticise Elon Musk for the new changes: Lets have a look at the comments:
@PaulsaGeordie:Looks like it’s goodbye twitter, it was fun until space Karen took over, love each and everyone of you for being your crazy selves ❤️
@Davekenadu:I hate to see shits like this. The only social I’m using are WhatsApp and Twitter… I don’t wanna say ” RIP TWITTER ” or Goodbye Twitter.. It’s my favorite app… Elon Musk, please behave yourself.
@elonmuskbirda:Elon Musk is a f00lish money-miss road. Rate limit exceeded gbuo gi there. Anumanu bought something for $44B just to destroy it. It’s RIP Twitter and goodbye Twitter from here.
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey should please hurry up with an alternative to this mad man’s 🦅 shii
@Jugaadtruth:Thought this man said we all allowed to do what we want on twitter
But rn he is out here telling us how many tweets we can read 🤧
@realmarv:Me trying to remember my Facebook logins.Goodbye Twitter 👋
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Netizens react as Elon Musk announces new Twitter CEO
In another news, Billionaire and businessman, Elon Musk has announced his plans to hire a new Chief executive officer for his social media platform, Twitter.
The businessman who had once conducted an informal poll in December from Twitter users on whether he should step down as the CEO of the platform has now granted the wishes of the masses.
He revealed that he will be replacing himself as the Twitter boss and its newly named X Corporation parent.
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