NEW: Twitter is experiencing widespread problems as users trying to post instead get error messages.
Glenn Chapman / AFP via Getty Images fileSAN FRANCISCO — Twitter experienced widespread problems Wednesday as users trying to post instead got error messages, the most serious disruption in the service since Elon Musk bought the platform in October.
It was not immediately clear what caused the disruption or if the problems were universal, but many users received an error message that they were"over the daily limit for sending Tweets." Other users said they were able to post if they scheduled their tweet to publish later rather than immediately.But some users said the problems were more widespread than trying to post, as they couldn't access or send direct messages.
And when trying to retweet someone else's post, some users got another error message:"Sorry! You have exceeded your Tweet limit. Try Retweet again tomorrow.", but that's a ceiling that few users ever hit.Musk's purchase of Twitter for $44 billion and his subsequent decision to
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