The Twitter entire world was hit with a severe actuality on Saturday immediately after owner Elon Musk announced that the platform would have a see restrict due to the fact, as Musk set it, “we are all Twitter addicts and want to go outside.”
The change to begin with restricted non-spending users to see a optimum of 600 tweets per working day (300 for new accounts), and Twitter Blue customers to 6,000. Those limits had been afterwards bumped up twice.
Immediately after consumers arrived at their look at restrict, they would obtain an error message which read, “Rate limit exceeded.”
Naturally, Twitter customers have been up in arms over the modify, and the sports activities world was no distinctive. Media associates, players and groups all had excellent reactions to the platform’s unwanted variations. There were being a good deal of jokes to be produced, with the likes of the Pirates, Reds, Kraken, Hurricanes, and even Kings guard De’Aaron Fox chiming in.
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— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) July 2, 2023
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— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) July 1, 2023
Anything materialize nowadays? Couldn’t see it
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) July 2, 2023
Twitter is stupid…
— De'Aaron Fox (@swipathefox) July 2, 2023
Strike me up with any tweets y’all wanna see…
Pointless checkmark gotta be great for one thing.
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) July 1, 2023
rationing my tweets like drops of drinking water left in the canteen.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) July 1, 2023
at minimum y’all can see our new twitter header 🥲 pic.twitter.com/UACYXIH7bO
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) July 2, 2023
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— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 1, 2023
oops… pic.twitter.com/XCxB7lH9y4
— Massive 12 Meeting (@Significant12Convention) July 1, 2023