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TweetDeck is DOWN: Dashboard crashes as Twitter limits the number of posts users can read – and some claim they can ONLY see Elon Musk’s tweets
Twitter users who rely on dashboard app TweetDeck to manage their accounts are getting frustrated Monday morning.
The widely used app seemed to crash globally, although the main Twitter website seems to be working flawlessly.
Users took to Twitter to share their anger, posting a sarcastic “Thanks for a great tweet deck” with a shot of the app’s broken interface.
Another person said that the only column that works for them on TweetDeck is Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s tweets.
It follows Musk’s plans to limit the number of tweets users can see on the platform if they aren’t signed up for Twitter’s paid subscription service.
Users took to Twitter to share their anger, with a sarcastic “Thanks for a great tweetdeck” post featuring a photo of the broken TweetDeck interface
Another person said the only column that works for them on TweetDeck is Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s tweets
TweetDeck seems to have crashed globally, although the main Twitter website seems to be working without any problems
TweetDeck was acquired by Twitter in 2011 for $40 million after operating as its own independent application.
It consists of a series of customizable columns, which can be set up to display the user’s Twitter timeline, mentions, direct messages, hashtags, or even all tweets from a single user.
TweetDeck is designed for desktop and usually displays many tweets on screen at once – usually 20 or even more.
So it’s possible that Monday’s issues are related to Musk’s new measures to limit the number of tweets people can see if they don’t pay for Twitter.
One user wondered “if Elon killed TweetDeck,” which would make Twitter no longer “a place for breaking news.”
They continued, “I’d actually pay for a stupid blue tick if TweetDeck got access.”
Another asked, “Did Musk destroy #Tweetdeck in his idiocy?”
Elon Musk – who regularly takes to Twitter to provide updates on the platform – has yet to respond to the outage.
Did Elon Musk’s tinkering with the platform cause a slew of technical glitches?
It’s unclear if the outage is related to changes Twitter made, which were announced by Musk over the weekend
Musk announced measures to limit the number of tweets people can see if they don’t pay for Twitter
A host of changes made by Musk since he took over Twitter in October are believed to be part of efforts to get users to subscribe to Twitter Blue, the platform’s monthly subscription service.
In the United Kingdom, Twitter Blue costs £9.60 per month for desktop and £11 for iOS and Android and adds a blue tick next to a user’s name to indicate their account is ‘verified’.
Other features exclusive to Twitter Blue subscribers include the ability to edit tweets, undo a tweet immediately after posting, and post tweets of up to 280 characters.
Now Musk has revealed that non-Twitter Blue subscribers are limited to reading 600 tweets per day, compared to 6,000 for subscribers.
He said the new limits would “address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation,” calling them “temporary.”