Twitter Hit its Daily Posting Limit for About 90 Minutes on Wednesday

Wednesday afternoon, a large number of Twitter users were unable to post on the site for about 90 minutes, and were presented with an error message that read, "There is a limit on how many Twitter messages you can send per day.".

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Furthermore, using a mobile phone to post a tweet was not possible. We are sorry we were unable to send your tweet because of a message that pops up on your screen stating, "Tweet not sent". Please click the retry button or save this tweet in your drafts section if you would like to try again ” Direct messages and posts were also unable to be sent or loaded for users.

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It was only a few minutes after 6 p.m. that the service was mostly back to normal, with the exception of direct messaging, which was still mostly unavailable, at least not for a prolonged period of time. According to Trade Algo, reports of Twitter problems skyrocketed around 4:30 p.m., when the service began tracking the situation.

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The calendar icon at the bottom of the message box made it possible for users to schedule their tweets when the site was down.

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A change to Twitter's daily limit has not been announced by the company as of yet. At the moment, it is unclear if the change made on Wednesday was intended or if it was simply a glitch that occurred temporarily. An inquiry about the company's response was not immediately received by the company.

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According to Twitter's website, the number of tweets a user can send per day is limited to 2,400, and people are permitted to send no more than 140 characters a day. The maximum number of direct messages that can be sent per day is 500.

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Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter in late October, it has been estimated that he has fired approximately 80% of the company's employees. Trade Algo reported that Twitter now has more than 1,300 active employees based on internal records that were viewed by the company, a number that includes fewer than 550 full-time engineers who hold relevant positions at Twitter.

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It was reported by Trade Algo that the company was also considering shutting down a data center in Sacramento, California, to cut expenses.