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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 81 points 2 years ago (28 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.

[–] grus@kbin.social 67 points 2 years ago (8 children)

lmao, this is fucking hilarious
I can't believe I'm saying this but... based elon?
The feddiverse as a whole might be soon flooded with people tho, prepare yourselves, they comin'

[–] Clairvoidance@kbin.social 48 points 2 years ago

Making people unaddicted to twitter deliberately is definitely a W

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