birdsite is sh*tting itself....won't let anyone tweet.

[CousinIT]

...https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/twitter-down-cant-tweet-over-daily-limit-outage/

It’s nearly impossible to keep up with every 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 at Down Detector reveals that a lot of 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 with Twitter’s recent API changes. At this point, it’s anyone’s best guess.

[CousinIT]

1. Twitter goes down worldwide just minutes after launching expanded tweet counts

https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/08/twitter-goes-down-worldwide/

Shortly after Twitter launched its huge increase in max character count to 4,000 today, many users aren’t able to tweet this afternoon. It’s unclear for now if the two are related but the timing comes right after a notable spike in long tweets.

. . .

Notably, Twitter launching the supersized character count expansion to 4,000 caused a big spike in activity today. But for now, it remains unclear if that is what has caused the outage.

[Effete Snob]

2. fourth

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217628940

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217629020

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17629040

[CousinIT]

3. True. But others don't provide info as to why it's happening. n/t

[Effete Snob]

4. Which is why I provide a cross reference

[Cha]

5. I just tried to Retweet this & got

a Message that I had reached my limit for Retweeting.. and to try again Tomorrow!

Link to tweet

[LeftInTX]

6. NBC News has an article

They can't tweet either

[happybird]

7. The comments section on Down Detector is pretty amusing

https://downdetector.com/status/twitter/

[Ms. Toad]

8. Wonder if they are testing new software that will limit the number of tweets per day

in advance of imposing limits . . . and the software bombed, revealing the next twitter drama: fees for tweets beyond a few a day.

[mitch96]

9. "The birdsite" LMAO.. I'm gonna steal this one if you don't mind... nt

[CousinIT]

10. I stole it myself, so ..sure!

[riversedge]

11. I saw the OP title and tried to think what was Birdsite-then it clicked when I saw the

remaining title about not letting folks tweet [I had that problem yesterday}

[mitch96]

12. Same here, on top of that the first time I looked I thought it said "birdseed" uff getting old sucks