Elon Musk Increases Twitter Rate Limit

BYGabriel Bras NevaresPublished on July 02, 2023919 Views

7th Viva Technology Conference In Paris - Day 3

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 16: Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Elon Musk is visiting Paris for the VivaTech show where he gives a conference in front of 4,000 technology enthusiasts. He also took the opportunity to meet Bernard Arnaud, CEO of LVMH and the French President. Emmanuel Macron, who has already met Elon Musk twice in recent months, hopes to convince him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, his pioneer company in electric cars. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Will this increase be enough for terminally online people?

Elon Musk recently caused another firestorm on Twitter by announcing temporary plans to limit the amount of tweets a user can see in a day. "To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits," he wrote on the platform. "Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts a day. Unverified accounts to 600 posts a day. New unverified accounts to 300 a day." Of course, a lot of people (especially unverified accounts) were not happy with this, amid some backlash, the tech mogul provided two increases for these restrictions within hours of each other.

"Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for unverified & 400 for new unverified," Elon Musk tweeted. Moreover, about three hours later, he once again announced an increase to the limits. "Now to 10k, 1k & 0.5k." Ironically enough, Musk's original tweet announcing these regulations hit a record view count on the social media platform. Even though a lot of people rightfully see this as quite restrictive and potentially harmful considering how much news and media people depend on through Twitter, it's also hard to say exactly how many tweets a person really needs to read in a given 24-hour timespan.

Elon Musk's New Twitter Regulations

Regardless, other ideas from Elon Musk actually got commended by some notable figures, including Meek Mill. "In a few weeks, X/Twitter will start paying creators for ads served in their replies," the soon-to-be former Twitter CEO announced on the platform. "First block payment totals $5M. Note, the creator must be verified and only ads served to verified users count." "I’m about to cut instagram fully off! Lol," the rapper posted in support of the idea.

That being said, every rose has its thorn, and Meek Mill had pondered quitting Twitter. "Ima deactivate Twitter forever and go to a new social where it’s more good vibes based off building, creating and motivation,” he wrote in December of 2022. “Whoever run my s**t turn this off forever... Ima takeover my YouTube account to replace me interacting with supports! Too many bots and weird people." For more news and the latest updates on Elon Musk, stay logged into HNHH.

About The Author

Gabriel Bras Nevares

Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.