Threads copies Twitter again, introduces ‘rate limits’ to combat bots
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative, Instagram Threads, has been forced to implement rate limits in response to a growing number of reports citing spam attacks and crypto-shilling bots.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the introduction of rate limits in a July 17 post on the Threads app.
Adam Mosseri’s explanation for the introduction of rate limits on Threads. Source: Threads“Spam attacks have picked up so we’re going to have to get tighter on things like rate limits, which is going to mean more unintentionally limiting active people (false positives). If you get caught up [in] those protections let us know,” Mosseri explained.
One user complained that they were spending half their time on the app blocking bots that were pushing “gambling and crypto sites.”
Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter took a jab at the announcement, replying “lmaooo copy