Why did Twitter limit users’ daily reading of tweets? Elon Musk explains

One of Elon Musk’s strangest decisions that angered Twitter users was to set limits on tweet reading. Although Twitter’s restrictions seemed illogical, Elon Musk had important reasons for applying these restrictions, which we will mention in this Gadget News article.

These days, the situation of Twitter is not good at all and Elon Musk’s social network is dealing with numerous changes and problems. On the one hand, the Trades social network has had a strong start and is attracting users in an incredible way. On the other hand, some of Elon Musk’s policies for Twitter seem strict and can question the future of Twitter. One of the most irrational decisions of Elon Musk was to create a daily limit for users to read tweets, which was not liked by many Twitter users. Now, after a week, Elon Musk answers the most important questions of users about the created restrictions.

What is the reason for Twitter restrictions?

Although Elon Musk had announced that he would no longer have an executive role in Twitter, he continued his work alongside Linda Yacarino. One of the most controversial decisions he and his colleague made was the restriction of reading tweets. The limitations of Twitter were as follows; New users could only read 400 tweets per day. Old users who do not have a verified account also had the opportunity to see 800 tweets per day. Users with paid and verified ticks could also read 8000 tweets per day without any restrictions.

This means that if you use the free version of Twitter, you will have many limitations and from now on you will have to pay to even read tweets! In the eyes of most users, these restrictions were a solution for Elon Musk to force more users to buy verified accounts and blue ticks.

Elon Musk announced about the restrictions that the main reason for their creation was to improve the Twitter environment, remove spammers and bots from this platform. These limits are not permanent and Elon Musk will probably allow users to see as many tweets as they want in the future without any limit on the number. According to Elon Musk, Twitter’s restrictions have only one purpose, and that is to keep bots and harmful users away from this platform.

The remarkable thing about these restrictions is that Twitter leaders started the clarification very late and probably wanted to avoid negative feedback from users as much as possible. These restrictions can reduce Twitter’s revenue from advertisements, but the officials of this platform believe that the restrictions applied do not have a significant impact on the activity of most users, and only a small part of users will be harmed by their occurrence.

The reality is contrary to what Elon Musk said!

Another remarkable thing about Elon Musk’s statement is that a very large part of users noticed these limitations. Elon Musk and the executive team of Twitter thought that users would not notice these changes, but from the very first day of the implementation of the restrictions, users were informed about them without media coverage of the restrictions and expressed their protest.

Twitter believes that its current plan can help its platform grow further and keep bots and harmful users away from the platform, but these decisions have cost Twitter at the moment. The consensus network of Trades, the newcomer competitor of Twitter, is attracting more users every day, and due to the restrictions, many users prefer to use Trades.

At the moment, Trades is far from Twitter in terms of features and overall atmosphere, but the strange decisions of Elon Musk’s team on Twitter can create a good space for the growth of Trades. If Twitter’s restrictions are not lifted soon, there is a possibility that more users will migrate to Trades.

Which social network do you prefer to use? Have Twitter’s restrictions affected your use of the platform? Share your opinion with the big Gadget News family.