Some Twitter users were unable to tweet on Wednesday after the website experienced technical problems.
Account holders received a message saying: “You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets.”
The outage-tracking website DownDetector reported the glitch at just before 22:00 GMT.
Elon Musk has slashed Twitter’s workforce over the last few months since he acquired the platform last October for $44bn (£36.5bn).
Last month the Tesla and SpaceX boss said Twitter had about 2,300 employees – down from around 8,000 when he took over.
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For months experts have been warning that such deep cuts could cause technical issues, though it is not yet clear if the reduced headcount was to blame for Wednesday’s outage. [BBC]
