Twitter set to change DM settings to reduce spam

Earlier, the Elon Musk-led company limited the number of tweets users could see each day to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the social media platform.

Musk described the new restrictions as a temporary measure that was taken because “so much of our data was being stolen that it was degrading service to normal users!”

As per the company’s announcement, unverified accounts will be temporarily limited to reading 800 posts and verified accounts will be able to scroll through up to 10,000 tweets.

In May this year, Musk revealed details about new features on the platform, including the addition of incoming calls and encrypted messaging.

Twitter Inc has gone through many changes since Musk bought the social media giant for $44 billion in October 2022.

The company has been in turmoil, including mass layoffs and voluntary departures, since the billionaire Tesla owner bought the San Francisco company and took it private. The company’s head of trust and security left shortly after the acquisition, and turnover in the top ranks has continued. The company has faced two lawsuits this month. Twitter’s former senior engineer Chris Woodfield is suing the company alleging it owes former employees at least $500 million in severance pay. Twitter has also been accused in several separate lawsuits of disproportionately firing women and workers with disabilities, failing to provide advance notice of layoffs, and not paying promised bonuses to its remaining employees. The company has denied those claims.

Twitter got a new competitor this month when Facebook owner Meta launched a text-centric app, Threads, and garnered millions of sign-ups in just a few days. Twitter responded by threatening legal action.

UPDATE: July 22, 2023, 10:43 AM IST