Users should only be able to see a certain number of daily posts to read.
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Washington The short message service Twitter has introduced a restriction on reading posts for users of the platform. This is temporary and necessary to counteract the extreme extent of data skimming and system manipulation, said Twitter owner Elon Musk on Saturday.
According to him, users with “verified” accounts can temporarily only read a maximum of 6,000 posts per day. For those with unverified accounts, there are only up to 600 posts per day. New unverified accounts therefore only have access to a maximum of 300 posts.
Under Musk, Twitter had changed the allocation of the blue symbols, which were once awarded to accounts of public interest that were properly verified by Twitter. Users can now get the verification tick with a paid subscription. There is no real verification, only a telephone number is confirmed.
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