Twitter service stumbles as paying users get more room
Thousands of Twitter users on Wednesday reported problems using the platform as the Elon Musk-owned social network began letting paying users post tweets as long as 4,000 characters.
In a tweet, the company stated, “Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you.”
I apologize for the trouble. We are aware of this and working to resolve it.
Early in the afternoon, in Silicon Valley, reports of problems with Twitter spiked at the website Downdetector and continued for approximately two hours.
Online user complaints included being unable to send direct messages, being told they had exceeded their daily tweet limit, and being unable to post messages.
According to US media, Twitter set a daily limit of 2,400 tweets to ease the strain on its operations.
Additionally, it was reported that the popular dashboard for managing and observing Twitter accounts, TweetDeck, had stopped functioning.
On the same day that Twitter added a length benefit to its Blue subscription service, which costs $8 per month in the United States, the disruptions occurred.
According to the tech company, Twitter Blue subscribers can now send tweets with as many as 4,000 characters, which is a significant increase from the 280 characters allowed to non-paying users.
In a lengthy tweet announcing the benefit, the tech company stated, “But don’t worry, Twitter is still Twitter.”
You will see a prompt to click “Show more” to read the entire Tweet because “we know longer Tweets could mean a lot of scrolling,” and they will be limited to 280 characters on your timeline.
After becoming the owner of the San Francisco-based company, Musk reduced Twitter’s workforce at the end of last year, raising concerns about the availability of sufficient engineering talent to maintain the platform’s smooth operation.
Wednesday, US technology media reported that Musk instructed Twitter employees to concentrate on troubleshooting rather than developing new features.
