As of 6:10 p.m. ET, Twitter users appear to be able to tweet like normal once again. The original story is as follows:
It’s nearly impossible to keep up withevery new bug/feature/mishap at Twitter these days, but some are more noteworthy than others. Such is the case with today’s bug (?), in which Twitter tells users that they are “over the daily limit for sending tweets.”
The below screenshot shows the new error message that appears when attempting to tweet from Twitter’s desktop site. Trying to tweet from the Twitter mobile app simply returns a “failed to send” error message.
A quick look atDown Detector reveals that alotof people are experiencing the same problem. A massive spike of outage reports came in around 4:45 p.m. ET, with numerous people commenting on the Down Detector website that they cannot tweet. The Down Detector website shows 52% of users reporting problems with the app, 35% of users indicating website problems, and another 13% citing a server connection issue.
Many of us at Digital Trends have tried tweeting from our personal accounts and have all run into the “you are over the daily limit for sending tweets” error. Interestingly, other Twitter users still appear to be able to tweet, suggesting the problem may be a geographical one or have something to do withTwitter’s recent API changes. At this point, it’s anyone’s best guess.
A bug, or a sign of big changes to come?
This is almost certainly an unintentional bug on Twitter’s part, but the wording for the error is peculiar. This isn’t the first time Twitter’s been down and not let people tweet, but the “daily limit” wording is a new one.
It’s important to note that tweeting limits aren’ttechnicallynew for Twitter. Since at least 2018, Twitter has enforced a daily tweet limit of 2,400 tweets per user. One Digital Trends reader who also received the “daily limit” error was presented with a warning accompanied by a “learn more” link —directing them to the Twitter Help Center, talking about the 2,400 tweet limit.
How to fix the daily limit Twitter bug
The good news? If Twitter won’t let you send a tweet like normal, scheduling a tweet for the future appears to still work without a problem. Multiple Digital Trends writers have also confirmed this. Is it ideal? No. But if you absolutelymusttweet and Twitter won’t let you right now, that’s one way around it.
It’s unclear when Twitter will be back to normal, but we’ll keep an eye on things and update this article whenever that happens.
