This. You can tell that this is precisely how Elon fucked it. And this limiting code turned out to have the self-DDOS in it.

600 posts/day. That's like, STOP READING TWITTER AT ALL

@davidgerard he truly doesn't understand how his own site works, does he?
@ImADifferentBird @davidgerard I think he grossly undervalued the community and overvalued the platform when he bought it. The value was always in the community and he's driving them away en masse
@matthewbdaly @ImADifferentBird it's important to note that Bluesky has the same problem. they have an AWESOME community but the rationalist cryptobros running it still think anyone gives a hoot about their white paper