The big revolution CEO Elon Musk plans to bring to Twitter somehow always looks like someone’s worst day ever
Release Date – Wed 23 Jul 12:15
First, he fired a bunch of employees. Then came the Twitter Blue subscription, monetizing the platform, which is free for everyone. Now, he’s courting users by limiting the number of tweets they can read each day.
The big revolution CEO Elon Musk plans to bring to Twitter somehow always looks like someone’s bad day.
On July 1, Musk announced in one of his tweets that he would impose reading restrictions on users’ tweets. He hopes this “interim measure” will address “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation”. Previously, he expressed concern that artificial intelligence companies obtain large amounts of data from Twitter to train their software models.
This basically means that users can’t just scroll across the platform right now. You only need to pay if you at least want to increase the number of tweets you read per day. Still, there’s a lot of confusion about who can read how many tweets and where.
Read limits are broken down into three categories: new unauthenticated accounts, unauthenticated accounts, and authenticated accounts. After several public changes of heart, Musk finally decided to give verified users 10,000 views, which is the maximum limit. Unverified accounts can read up to 1,000 per day, and new unverified accounts can read up to 500 per day.
Some users said they could still read tweets on a web browser even after exceeding the app’s limit. Others said they did not abide by any restrictions on the network at all.
This read limit uncertainty has proven to be a boon for other platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon. As for Twitter users, they’re waiting for the next big change.
Meta to launch Twitter rival
Meta already owns popular platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and is preparing to launch a Twitter competitor on July 6. The app, called Threads, is very similar in appearance to Twitter.
It will also come at a time when Twitter users are uneasy about reading limits. The app, available for pre-order on the Apple App Store, is said to be linked to Instagram.
However, according to Apple’s privacy label and media reports, there are concerns that Threads will collect users’ private information.
Jio Bharat phone priced at Rs 999
Reliance Jio, one of India’s leading telecom companies, has launched a Jio Bharat mobile phone that supports 4G internet. Priced at just 999 rupees, the company said it aims to make India a “2G-Mukt” with this phone and provide digital services to Indians.
The first beta trial for these phones will begin on July 7, covering 6,500 phones. The Jio Bharat phone comes with a 1.77-inch screen, flashlight, radio, 0.3 MP camera and 3.5mm headphone jack. There is also a special mobile package launched just for this purpose. Users pay only Rs 123 per month for unlimited voice calls and ample data traffic of 14 GB.
– Epsita Gunti and institutional input
