Still doesn't have to do with plug-ins reaching the limit.
For applications, keep track of tokens used by the application and invalidate those that haven't been used more than X times in Y weeks. There's a reason why it is part of the API. When you get to 50K tokens, request to be approved for 1M. When you get to 500-800K depending on your velocity, start making arrangements for a higher limit.
Twitter isn't just trying to keep users on their platform - they are also trying to ensure that the capacity and infrastructure is available for other applications to provide access to their platform.
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