Yaccarino wrote in her tweet: "when you have a mission
like Twitter — you need to make big moves to keep strengthening the
platform." It was her first public comment on the limits announced on
Saturday by owner Elon Musk, who said the step was meant to discourage
"extreme levels" of data scraping and system manipulation.
In the days since Musk's announcement, Twitter users posted
screenshots showing they were unable to see any tweets, including on the pages
of corporate advertisers, after hitting the limit. And marketing professionals
said it could undermine Yaccarino's efforts to attract advertisers.
Twitter said only a small percentage of people using the
platform have been affected by the limits.
"To ensure the authenticity of our user base we must
take extreme measures to remove spam and bots from our platform," the
company said in a blog post on Tuesday.
The limit took affect soon after Twitter began requiring
users to log into an account on the social media platform to view tweets.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms said it plans to launch
microblogging app called Threads, a rollout that represents a direct challenge
to Twitter which has been heavily criticized since Musk bought the company for
$44 billion in 2022.
Asked in an email why the CEO did not comment on the move
until three days after it was announced, Twitter did not comment but sent
Reuters a poop emoji, the company's standard response to media inquiries. © Reuters