Service on Twitter stutters as paying users are given more space

On Wednesday, thousands of Twitter users complained about difficulties using the service as the Elon Musk-owned social network started allowing paid users to post tweets up to 4,000 characters.

The business tweeted, “Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you.”
Sorry for the inconvenience. We’re aware of the issue and trying to fix it.

Early in the afternoon in Silicon Valley, reports of Twitter issues increased at the website Downdetector and persisted for about two hours.
Online users’ complaints included not being able to post messages, being informed that they had used up their daily limit of tweets, and not being able to send direct messages.

US media reported that Twitter set a daily cap of 2,400 tweets to ease the burden on its infrastructure.

Additionally, TweetDeck, a well-known dashboard for managing and viewing Twitter accounts, was said to no longer function.
The outages happened the same day that Twitter’s $8/month Blue subscription service in the US gained a length perk.

According to the tech company, Twitter Blue subscribers can now post tweets with up to 4,000 characters, far more than the 280-character limit imposed on free users.

In a lengthy tweet announcing the benefit, the tech company wrote, “But don’t worry, Twitter is still Twitter.”

They will be limited to 280 characters on your timeline and you will see a “Show more” prompt to click and read the entire Tweet because “we know longer Tweets could mean a lot of scrolling.”

After taking control of the San Francisco-based company late last year, Musk drastically reduced Twitter’s workforce, raising questions about whether the platform would have access to enough engineering talent to maintain its smooth operation.

On Wednesday, US tech media reported that Musk had instructed Twitter staff to put off work on new features in order to concentrate on troubleshooting.