Elon has responded to the criticism and is increasing the limits to a whopping:

Verified accounts: 8000 posts/day
Unverified accounts: 800 posts/day
New unverified accounts: 400 posts/day
  • PoppinKREAM@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I used Twitter for all my local updates - from what’s happening at city hall to live traffic and weather updates.

    What’s up with CEO’s messing with social media companies. Huffman and Musk seem to enjoy ruining good things :(

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      1 year ago

      What’s up with CEO’s messing with social media companies

      I have some theories but they all boil down to: They openly despise us commoners. Maybe this will prompt public services to take better care of their websites. It would be a welcoming change.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I don’t understand it.

      I’m sure something else will come along, the public service sphere of Twitter is too important. What else can they do? Go back to sending out press statements and breaking news on the radio or TV? Something will come along and fill that gap.

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      It’s a symptom of the end of cheap money. It’s fine to not turn a profit when the economy is bullish and there’s money sloshing around everywhere, but at some stage you have to justify your existence, especially when advertisers stop buying ads, which has been the case for a while