Twitter users have been unable to post Tweets to their profile after being told they had reached their "daily limit".
The social media platform previously allowed users to post up to 2,400 tweets a day. However, reports of a glitch began at around 10pm last night, according to site Downdetector.co.uk.
Since then, the outage-website have received over 10,000 complaints, with the majority experiencing issues with the site's app rather than on PCs or laptops.
Account holders were sent a message that read: "You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets," with even reporting that had not posted anything that day.
Comments in DownDetector's discussion forum also indicates that users were also unable to send direct messages. While others said that they couldn't access Twitter's pro Tweetdeck site for social media management.
Despite being told of their limit, some profiles were still able to tweet their frustration. One user said: "It appears that Twitter is down in a BIG way. I can't post a new tweet or even reply to one."
While another said: "Twitter has just told me that I am over the daily limit for sending tweets. But they allowed this one. What's going on out there?"
While the issue appears to be global, outages in Scotland have been seen most in Glasgow, while in England the majority of users facing problems are in London and Manchester.
Twitter let users know that it was working to fix the problem shortly after it began last night. A tweet on the Twitter support profile said: "Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble.
"We're aware and working to get this fixed."
But it appears that users are still having problems on Thursday morning, as complaints continue to pour in, with one person asking: "@TwitterSupport @Twitter Why am I stopped from tweeting with a message I have exceeded my daily limit when I’ve only done a handful of tweets? Doesn’t make sense. Please explain."
Since purchasing Twitter, Elon Musk has made several changed to its format, including charging profiles to be verified, a safety feature that was previously free to ensure that profiles are not fake accounts. It is not known whether a daily limit for users will be brought in permanently.
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