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X announces significant restrictions to free accounts; 50 posts and 200 replies per day (htxt.co.za)
submitted 19 hours ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1135683/x-announces-significant-restrictions-to-free-accounts-50-posts-and-200-replies-per-day

  • Direct Messages (daily): The limit is 500 messages sent per day.
  • Posts: 50 original posts and 200 replies per day for unverified accounts. The daily update limit is further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals.
  • Changes to account email: 4 per hour.
  • Following (daily): The technical follow limit is 400 per day. Please note that this is a technical account limit only, and there are additional rules prohibiting aggressive following behavior.
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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 13 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Its so hard for me to believe that there are people out there for whom this will be an issue. Who are these people and what's wrong with them?

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 2 points 9 hours ago

I consider myself quite active on Lemmy yet I still only average 12 comments and half a post per day. For all I know, Lemmy could have these same limits and I'd never even find out about it.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 4 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

My thoughts also... who the hell posts more than 50 times a day... well that's twitter isn't probably paid for with our tax dollars anyway.

[–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 2 points 13 hours ago

Pretty much anyone whose username ends in .eth or begins with a dollar sign or has a crypto address in their bio, but the vast majority of those people already pay for that blue checkmark anyway

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 2 points 17 hours ago

Twitter being paid for with our tax dollars is the first explanation I've heard which sounds like a way this company could actually continue to function.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 points 17 hours ago

Twits. It's a social class and a diagnosis.