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'Rate limit exceeded;' Twitter down for thousands of users worldwide (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Silverseren@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site or faced difficulty and delays Saturday.

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[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 78 points 2 years ago (27 children)

And it's worse than you think. While this is a "bug", it is based on a feature that Elon is actively rolling out that will be rate limiting how many tweets you're allowed to view in a day.

That seems to be where the current issue stems from, likely something where it's looking at the amount you've read in the previous 24 hours.

[–] id_kai@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

From my understanding, the posts/day also includes any comments you load up. So, if you're not careful with the more popular Tweets, you could be rate limited in a very quick manner.

[–] artisanrox@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Which would mean people won't bother with popular tweets people are paying money for to get more views

💀 lol

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