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Twitter: What is hourly usage limit

Sorry! you've hit your hourly usage limit - this is something that most Twitter users have seen. You login and barely start using the service when this hourly usage thing pops up and then you need to wait. Ever since Twitter started suing their own APIs which is a set or rules or code that websites follow. The service introduced the hourly usage limit feature. Sometimes when it you get the message about the hourly usage limit you might need to just wait a few minutes before things are normal. Some people have reported having to wait for an hour. Not too sure about that since it has never happened to me. I have seen the wait for an hour message but I just refreshed my page and things were normal. Seemed more like a Twitter bug to me.  What are Twitter limits Twitter released an official overview of all the Twitter limits that need to be adhered to. These limites include sending only 250 DMs or direct messages per day. Only 1,000 updates a day, 2,000 follow limit. This limit determin...