X (Twitter)

X is the fastest short-form text + short-video platform. New accounts are throttled hard; warming up a fresh handle over 30+ days is the documented path to normal posting caps. Flayr queues posts conservatively on new connections so we never trip the soft-ban.

• Posts per day
  100 posts (new accounts: ~25)
• Caption length
  280 chars (Free/Basic) / 25,000 (Premium)
• Direct messages
  1,000 DMs

New accounts are capped near 25 posts/day for the first ~14 days. Posting >50/day in the first week is the most common reason for a 7-day suspension. Flayr auto-detects account age via Zernio and slows down the queue to stay under the throttle.

• Video length
  Up to 140s standard / 3h Premium
• Image size
  5MB per image, up to 4 per post
• GIF size
  15MB

API v2 Free tier: 1,500 tweets per month (read + write combined). Basic: 50,000/month. Pro: 1M/month. Flayr uses Zernio with Enterprise-tier credentials so user-level limits are the only practical throttle.

• New accounts soft-banned after posting >50 tweets/day in first 7 days.
• Links in replies are often down-ranked vs links in top-level posts.
• Auto-delete of tombstones takes ~48h to reflect in the API.

• 2026-03-18
  API Free tier monthly cap raised from 500 to 1,500 tweets. No code changes needed in Flayr.

Queue is tier-aware: Zernio auto-detects connection age, Flayr de-rates posting frequency for accounts <14 days old, and we batch at ~5-minute intervals to stay under the soft-ban trigger. Long-form posts (>280 chars) fall back to thread mode if the account is not Premium.