X Caps Free Accounts at 50 Posts and 200 Replies Per Day — Sharp Drop from 2,400 Limit
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X (formerly Twitter) has restricted free accounts to 50 original posts, 200 replies, and 500 DMs per day, a sharp reduction from the previous 2,400 tweet limit introduced in 2023. The limit includes RTs and QRTs and is further broken into semi-hourly intervals. X frames this as reducing bot activity and backend pressure, but the move effectively paywalls heavy platform usage behind Premium subscriptions and directly impacts AI bot operators and automated posting tools — 50 points, 45 comments on HN.