TweetDeck, a widely used Twitter client for simultaneous monitoring of multiple accounts, seems to have been impacted by Twitter’s recently introduced reading limit restriction, which restricts the number of tweets a user can view in a day.
Users worldwide are expressing dissatisfaction with the media management tool’s lack of auto-refresh. Some users have reported empty columns in TweetDeck that should contain mentions, likes, or other relevant information.
Is TweetDeck experiencing issues? Here’s how users are responding: “After relying on TweetDeck for 14 years, I’ve never faced such irrelevant timeline problems. If the web interface becomes the only option, I might stop using Twitter altogether,” a user complained on Monday.
“It seems like Twitter is messing around with TweetDeck. Enabling TweetDeck Preview makes it work, but opting out of the new TweetDeck still causes problems,” tweeted another user.
TweetDeck: An invaluable tool for professionals TweetDeck allows users to view multiple tweets simultaneously, with real-time updates on multiple timelines, aiding professionals in managing multiple accounts effectively.
This puts a higher demand on Twitter’s servers compared to regular Twitter apps, potentially contributing to the limited functionalities imposed on TweetDeck.
Twitter’s response to TweetDeck errors Neither Twitter nor Elon Musk has commented on the issue yet. The official TweetDeck Twitter page, with its latest post dating back a year, states, “A new & improved TweetDeck…coming soon.”
Elon Musk sets a daily reading limit On Saturday, Twitter decided to limit the number of posts users can read each day. This measure is said to be temporary, although no specific timeframe has been provided. The decision followed Twitter’s recent requirement for users to log in to use the platform.
Elon Musk announced the decision, tweeting, “To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:
- Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts per day.
- Unverified accounts are limited to 600 posts per day.
- New unverified accounts are limited to 300 per day.”Reason behind the Twitter reading limit Elon Musk explained that AI models were aggressively scraping data from Twitter to build their own models, causing traffic issues on the platform.
“Several hundred organizations (maybe more) were scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively, to the point where it was affecting the real user experience,” Musk stated.
Musk further mentioned that numerous companies, ranging from startups to major corporations, were scraping substantial amounts of data for AI purposes.
“See your friends & family”: Elon Musk’s response to backlash Since the implementation of the new rate limit, both Twitter and Musk have faced backlash. “Goodbye Twitter” trended in the United States following the announcement.
In defense of his decision and to address complaints about the rate limits, Musk suggested that people step away from their phones and spend time with friends and family. “You awake from a deep trance, step away from the phone to see your friends & family,” he tweeted on Sunday.
Relaxation of the rate limit? Latest updates on Twitter’s daily reading cap decision It appears that Twitter’s decision to implement a daily reading cap was short-lived, as very few users have reported facing the rate limit recently compared to when it was initially enforced on Saturday. No official update has been provided by Twitter regarding this matter.
