Love Island fans have asked that Elon Musk change his new Twitter regulations immediately before the start of Casa Amor.
On Saturday, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, 52, put a temporary limit on the number of tweets users may read in a day, prompting widespread criticism.
Unverified accounts are limited to 600 posts per day, with new unverified accounts limited to 300 per day, in an effort to ‘address high amounts of data harvesting and system manipulation.’
Love Island viewers, who now fear that the constraints may damage their pleasure of the programme, were among those criticising Elon’s controversial and unexpected action.
They were particularly incensed that the legislation was enacted so close to the appropriate reinstatement of Casa Amor, which would witness the return of former islander Molly Marsh.
I swear to god if I miss love island Twitter on the first day of Casa Amor because of Elon Musk… #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/QcDjeW9BHw
— Maisie (@maisier1616) July 1, 2023
https://twitter.com/MN456782/status/1675236999257546752
Can anyone see this tweet #LoveIsland
— Ross (@Rosskiernan_) July 1, 2023
How are we going to enjoy #loveisland and #bigbrothernaija all stars? Elon you will crumble 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/4O1dQfzhwH
— neautral🚩🚩 (@kingBecca01) July 1, 2023
Elon Musk is so wicked for doing this during casa period #LoveIsland
— Oyin🤍 (@Oyinnmola) July 1, 2023
Like Elon musk is going to hell
Like how am I supposed to watch love island now without seeing unhinged tweets??#LoveIsland #LoveIslandUK— Kei ☆ (@Ryu_dollz) July 1, 2023
This read limit better be cleared up by Sunday. I’m not being limited on Twitter during #LoveIsland season AND the first episode of casa????
Is Elon actually mad.
— …yep its monica🧜🏼♀️ (@monicacatapusan) July 1, 2023
Reading limit right before casa amor??? I’m sick #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/dB4rIscJ6d
— ~CATHBAE~ (@szaswiifey1) July 1, 2023
‘How are we going to enjoy #loveisland and #bigbrothernaija all stars? Elon you will crumble,’ one fan fumed.
‘Reading limit right before casa amor??? I’m sick,’ another chimed in, while a third raged: ‘Elon Musk is so wicked for doing this during casa period #LoveIsland.’
Many others were outraged at the possibility of not being able to watch Love Island with the rest of the country, with one fan claiming that reading ‘unhinged tweets’ was their favourite part of the programme.
According to the website Downdetector, which analyses internet outages, a peak of 5,126 individuals complained of issues accessing the site around 4.12pm on Saturday, following reported disruptions began at 12pm.
According to the site, as of 4.15pm UK time, 7,461 users in the United States have reported problems.
#Twitterdown and RIP Twitter began trending as frustrated users were faced with a message saying ‘Rate limit exceeded. Please wait a few moments then try again’.
Love Island continues on ITV2 tomorrow at 9pm.
Source My Celebrity Life.
