<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Thousands of Twitter users on Wednesday reported problems using the platform as the Elon Musk-owned social network began letting paying users post tweets as long as 4,000 characters.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you," the company said in a tweet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Sorry for the trouble. We're aware and working to get this fixed."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Reports of Twitter troubles spiked at website Downdetector early afternoon in Silicon Valley, and continued for about two hours.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Users complaints shared online included being unable to post messages, being told they had exceeded a daily limit of tweets, and inability to send direct messages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A daily limit of 2,400 tweets per day was put in place at Twitter to reduce strain on its operations, according to US media.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">People also reported that TweetDeck, the popular dashboard for managing and viewing Twitter accounts, had stopped working.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The disruptions came on the same day Twitter added a length perk to its Blue subscription service costing $8 monthly in the United States.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Twitter Blue subscribers can now post tweets of up to 4,000 characters, far beyond the 280-character limit imposed on non-paying users, the tech firm said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"But don't worry, Twitter is still Twitter," the tech firm said in a lengthy tweet announcing the perk.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We know longer Tweets could mean a lot of scrolling, so they'll be capped at 280 characters on your timeline and you'll see a 'Show more' prompt to click and read the whole Tweet."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Musk slashed Twitter's workforce late last year after he became owner of the San Francisco-based company, raising concerns about having enough engineering talent on hand to keep the platform running smoothly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">US tech media reported Wednesday that Musk put out word to Twitter staff to put aside work on new features to focus on troubleshooting. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>