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.
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]