Mumbai: Addressing the recent restrictions on tweet reading imposed by the company, Twitter's new CEO, Linda Yaccarino, defended tweet reading restrictions as essential to combat spam accounts and strengthen the platform's authenticity. Yaccarino's comments followed former CEO Elon Musk's announcement on tweet limits for verified and non-verified users.
Yaccarino characterised the tweet reading limits as meaningful for Twitter's mission and shared a tweet from the company's business account, emphasising its commitment to user authenticity.
When you have a mission like Twitter -- you need to make big moves to keep strengthening the platform. This work is meaningful and on-going. Here’s more insight on our work to ensure the authenticity of our user base. https://t.co/5FzBa3636Z
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) July 4, 2023
“To ensure the authenticity of our user base we must take extreme measures to remove spam and bots from our platform. Any advance notice on these actions would have allowed bad actors to alter their behaviour to evade detection," Twitter said in a statement.
Twitter clarified that the tweet reading limit affected only a small fraction of users and did not impact advertising. The company emphasized its focus on improving the platform for everyone. Meanwhile, Elon Musk justified the move to combat data scraping and system manipulation for the platform's security and integrity. However, netizens speculated that the decision might be related to Twitter's unpaid bills.
Twitter also announced that TweetDeck would now require verified accounts, while Jack Dorsey's Bluesky, saw a surge in new users on 1 July, resulting in temporary sign-up limits, according to Hindustan Times.
