TweetDeck is to become the next part of Twitter to be limited to users who have paid for verified status.

The application, which allows users to manage multiple feeds and searches, will only by accessible to verified users in 30 days, according to a tweet from Twitter Support on Monday evening.

A new version of TweetDeck has been made available with the tweet giving instructions to update.

The announcement comes two days after Twitter owner Elon Musk, who took over the company in October, said unverified users were being limited to reading 600 posts a day. New unverified accounts were only given a quote of 300, while verified users had up to 6,000.

However, he quickly upped the limit first to 400, 800 and 8,000, before announcing a rise to 500, 1,000 and 10,000.

He said the limit, which had been introduced ‘to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation’.

We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://t.co/2WwL3hNVR2 by selecting “Try the new TweetDeck” in the bottom left menu.

Some notes on getting started and the future of the product…

Users quickly found a number of workarounds, such as switching devices when the reached the limit, switching browser or using a VPN.

Another option was to switch to TweetDeck, which appeared to reset the count, but that avenue will soon be only available to verified users, including those who pay around £10 for Twitter Blue.

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