Twitter outage: Platform can’t handle tweets with 4000 characters, has to limit number of tweets per day

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — 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. A daily limit of 2,400 tweets per day was put in place at Twitter to reduce strain on its operations, according to US media. The cause of the outages Twitter Blue subscribers can now post tweets of up to 4,000 characters, far beyond the 280-character limit imposed on non-paying users, the tech firm said. “We know longer Tweets could mean a lot of scrolling, so they’ll be capped at 280 characters on your timeline and you’ll see a ‘Show more’ prompt to click and read the whole Tweet.” All hands on deck - trying to fix Twitter’s outages Musk slashed Twitter’s workforce late last year after he became the owner of the San Francisco-based company, raising concerns about having enough engineering talent on hand to keep the platform running smoothly.