This could even be an upsell opportunity by twitter, offer a new “super verified” tier where an account bypasses all rate limits for readers (as well as the wri

This could even be an upsell opportunity by twitter, offer a new “super verified” tier where an account bypasses all rate limits for readers (as well as the writer). This allows a public agency to distribute real time info to the masses for free and Twitter doesn’t take a loss on it. The way things were done at Twitter really just suggests it wasn’t carefully thought through. The whole point of a business is to make win/win relationships with customers.