X announces significant restrictions to free accounts - Hypertext
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X is pushing more users to get verified by announcing new restrictions in terms of daily post and reply limits for free accounts.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1135683/x-announces-significant-restrictions-to-free-accounts-50-posts-and-200-replies-per-day

  • Direct Messages (daily): The limit is 500 messages sent per day.
  • Posts: 50 original posts and 200 replies per day for unverified accounts. The daily update limit is further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals.
  • Changes to account email: 4 per hour.
  • Following (daily): The technical follow limit is 400 per day. Please note that this is a technical account limit only, and there are additional rules prohibiting aggressive following behavior.
  • Following (account-based): Once an account is following 5,000 other accounts, additional follow attempts are limited by account-specific ratios.
  • Iconoclast@feddit.ukEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    I consider myself quite active on Lemmy yet I still only average 12 comments and half a post per day. For all I know, Lemmy could have these same limits and I’d never even find out about it.