Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts

Posted by bundie on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:28AM
from the self-post dept.

Okay, so I was browsing Twitter on my phone and then suddenly, tweets stopped loading. I thought it was the app acting up, so I copied the link to the tweet I was reading and opened it in my mobile browser.

Everything worked fine for like 10 minutes until, the tweets stopped loading (again) and now there is a messageplastered on the screen saying that I am rate-limited. What? I don't even tweet that much. In fact, I cannot even remember the last time I tweeted. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by r721 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:31AM (#36549412)

It's a glitch, many people report it in reddit thread:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Twitter/comments/14ntk2k/rate_limit...

For me (web version in Chrome):

Home page - "Something went wrong. Try reloading."

Individual tweets - "Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again." + "Something went wrong. Try reloading."

Interestingly, lists still work as usual.

UPD There's a spike of reports: https://downdetector.com/status/twitter/

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by bundie on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:33AM (#36549428)

Oh thank Goodness, I thought I was suspended.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by sidvit on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:17PM (#36552384)

Seems to be intentional

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1675187969420828672?s=20

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by r721 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:31PM (#36552565)

Yeah, I didn't expect that.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by Cetrales on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:54AM (#36549597)

You have to pay 8 dollars a month now to load/refresh pages more than 5 times per day or post more than once a day.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by activiation on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:21AM (#36549813)

That's only if there was no videos on the page.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by bundie on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:46AM (#36550063)

haha

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by protoc on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:31AM (#36550513)

Get you addicted and start charging

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by AliNabel on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:26PM (#36551810)

lol

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by Rumpeltier on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:25AM (#36549860)

Hi.. i have the same problem.. i cannoz see any tweets on my laptop, but it works on iphone and ipad.. i am using the APP on both and on Macbook i use the Browser... but no matter which browser i use on my laptop.. i am "rate limites".-.. This really sucks, as twitter already closed one of my accountws due to "spamming".. no spam at all. just GA, and engagement.. thats what twitter is made for.. but if they now start censoring, and limiting acconts just for doing what their APP is made for..?? i dont understand??

Ay idea, how i can get into it again?

cheers

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by bundie on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:51PM (#36552867)

Looks like there a reason for it:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1675187969420828672?t=w1...

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by TheLoafOfBread on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:53PM (#36552903)

I see login. That's the reason why?

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by wmark on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:45AM (#36550045)

Saw it right now and I thought Elon masked me as a "bot"

Hes fighting bots but harming actual users

Smth tells me hes not good at handling tech stuff. Hes better a CEO of twitter vs technical role

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by zy_mmm on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:46AM (#36550060)

happened to me too its very annoying

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by ErneX on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:49AM (#36550094)

Same issue here. Only DMs work. Can’t even search.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by raverbashing on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:53AM (#36550128)

Twitter just apparently broke as well, I can't load any tweets

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by aws_ls on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:55AM (#36550143)

Same for me. Nothing works. It just displays a rate limiting message.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by twitterrate on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:54AM (#36550135)

same here

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by cooper47475 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:00AM (#36550198)

twitter is down!

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by hazardous-milk on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:12AM (#36550335)

is he really charging money to reload it more then 5 times a day?

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by cooper47475 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:16AM (#36550367)

I have no clue my friend.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by Emmanue70300095 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:16PM (#36551702)

Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again.i am experience this issue on my Twitter, please any help?

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by PeteNCLSmooth on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:06AM (#36550262)

Samesies

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by abrahamtimon on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:11AM (#36550326)

Yes

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by aphlaum on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:57AM (#36550810)

Bruh i thought twitter was down

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by 3cats-in-a-coat on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:58AM (#36551475)

It is down. For many. I also get the "rate limit exceeded" errors, I'm not even a heavy user.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by netjoshi on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:30AM (#36551162)

Kind of relieving to see that others are also having this issue.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by smy20011 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:57AM (#36551463)

It's fine that website down. How can it down 3 hrs? Where are the engineers?

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by clipsy on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:50PM (#36552050)

Mostly laid off.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by sp332 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:03PM (#36551547)

It's intentional. https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-users-bein... It's to prevent web scraping by people trying to avoid paying for API access.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by soneca on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:06PM (#36551587)

I don’t think it’s intentional. I got a “rate limit exceeded” on the official mobile app while on an account where I follow only 17 people and don’t post anything.

Edit: funny that I have two profiles logged in the same app. One is working, the other is not.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by trompetenaccoun on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:27PM (#36551829)

They likely changed something and unintentionally messed things up. Many users are reporting issues, even those using the official Twitter app.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by DaveChild on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:30PM (#36552547)

Funny, isn't it. They ruin API access and overcharge for it, so everyone scrapes, and in trying to stop that they ruin the product for the users, without whom it's worth nothing.

Reddit, take note, this is you in 6 months.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by NftPunkMaster on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:04PM (#36551557)

Try to clear cache

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by r721 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:26PM (#36551815)

>This link has been flagged as redirecting to malicious or spam content.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by AliNabel on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:25PM (#36551800)

this is tough for Elon to fight against, companies fighting like dogs for getting the data for free. if he goes too hard, he'll harm harmless users.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by Nimitz14 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:22PM (#36552450)

I think this could actually be kind of a genius way to get power users to pay.

The danger is of course that you lose the content creators.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by flubbler on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:37PM (#36553509)

genius is a strong word

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by wmark on Saturday July 01, 2023 @07:34PM (#36556473)

I don't think he'll lose content creators cuz they monetize their content

Paying $8 for em is a biz expense

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by ErneX on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:28PM (#36552530)

Tweet from Elon:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1675187969420828672

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by TheLoafOfBread on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:51PM (#36552875)

I mean, can you just copy it here? Since yesterday nobody can access Twitter without login.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by bundie on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:56PM (#36552958)

To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:

- Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day

- Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day

- New unverified accounts to 300/day

Source: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1675187969420828672?t=w1...

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by cadooo on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:43PM (#36552744)

NHL Free Agency started today. Lots of people getting hit with the limits. The hockey analysts on TV have been complaining about it. Up until now it's been a big source of this type of information. Not a good look.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts by kgbcia on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:07PM (#36553086)

Hopefully with what's going on with Reddit and Twitter, people realize the importance of self hosting their own content. Great timing for Bluesky

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