status - Twitter API rate limits for posting updates

Question

I have an application for sending out say around 100+ tweets every day. I am using OAuth for authentication. The twitter API says that post messages are not rate limited. However I am receiving the following error:

403:The request is understood, but it has been refused. An accompanying error message will explain why. This code is used when requests are being denied due to update limits (http://support.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364). error - User is over daily status update limit. request - /1/statuses/update.json Relevant discussions can be on the Internet at: http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=15bb6564 or http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=010f3e5b TwitterException{exceptionCode=[15bb6564-010f3e5b], statusCode=403, retryAfter=0, rateLimitStatus=null, version=2.1.11}

Does this mean that status update API calls are also rate limited?

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes Status updates are rate limited. but 100 per day won't be an issue.

Current Twitter Limits

The current technical limits for accounts are:

1. Updates: 1,000 per day. The daily update limit is further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals. Retweets are counted as updates.

From : http://support.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364