Twitter users all across the world were taken aback last week when technical issues prevented many from sending out tweets, messages, or following additional accounts. In Egypt and the region, responses ranged from confusion and humor to outright anger. Twitter’s policies prevent users from sending more than 500 direct messages, following more than 400 accounts, or sending out more than 2400 tweets per day; limits which are all documented in the website’s regulations. However, on Wednesday 8 February, account holders worldwide who had not reached these numbers or even tweeted at all that day received messages about exceeding “the daily limit for sending tweets”. Some were also prevented from following accounts or sending direct messages, even though they were far from the stipulated limits. In response to the massive volume of complaints from users worldwide, the official Twitter Support account issued an apology to those inconvenienced, explaining that the website’s team was working to fix the issue. Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We’re aware and working to get this fixed. — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 8, 2023 The technical problems…
