Newly registered unverified accounts get even less at 400 per day, though Musk did not specify how old an account must be to qualify for that tier.

When the update was first announced, post viewing was limited to 6000, 600 and 300, respectively across those same categories of users.

Musk explains that the guardrails have been created “to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.” The announcement come a day after Twitter’s Friday action to block access to the website for anyone who isn’t signed in as a registered user.

“What should we do to stop that? I’m open to ideas,” Musk posited. This new daily limit to readable posts seems to be one of those ideas.

It remains unclear how long these “temporary” limitations will be enforced.

These recent announcements are the latest tumultuous developments in the multi-billionaire’s venture with the social media site, after announcing his bid to purchase Twitter in April 2022 before officially acquiring it in October 2022.

In addition to changing leadership, Musk laid off around 80 percent of Twitter’s employees since taking over the site.

He has since shared that he would attempt to rehire some of those employees after the platform has faced technical issues, including the poor execution of Twitter Spaces live audio event with Ron DeSantis, who used the occasion to announce his 2024 presidential campaign.