Key Points
Read to know what it means;APTwitter CEO Elon Musk later confirmed that the company was introducing "temporary limits" on the number of posts users could view each day...
Twitter users who see the "read limit exceeded" message have reached the maximum number of posts they can view on that day..
Widespread issues were reported after the message started popping up, which prevented users from seeing more than a certain number of posts per day..
Verified accounts are limited to reading 6,000 posts per day, while unverified accounts are limited to 600 posts per day..
The reading limits apply to all users, but they are more restrictive for unverified accounts..
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