X announces significant restrictions to free accounts - Hypertext
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X is pushing more users to get verified by announcing new restrictions in terms of daily post and reply limits for free accounts.

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.
  • Following (account-based): Once an account is following 5,000 other accounts, additional follow attempts are limited by account-specific ratios.
    • terabyterex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      this is what it really is. this seems very normal but its happening on a service owned by a shitty person so people make a big deal. this isnt enshiyification, as another commenter said because it doesnt affect a normal user.

    • krisevol@lemmus.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Most people won’t hit those numbers, and this that so should probably be paying for the service