Reports have been emerging about a significant number of users facing difficulties with the Twitter platform. Starting approximately at 1:15pm GMT, users began to confront issues, impacting over 11,000 individuals at the peak of the problem. Most of these affected were unable to access the application effectively, representing an area of concern for Twitter’s vast user community. This incident marks the second consecutive occurrence, with users having witnessed similar inconveniences the day before.
Comments from the user base reflect the broader sentiments of frustration and disappointment. These sentiments were encapsulated in a comment which read, ‘Every day it seems there is a new issue with X. It’s time for Musk to leave.’ Nevertheless, the situation improved for most users as reports of difficulties dropped to less than 500.
Some users have regained access to Twitter, but the fix is not without problems. There have been instances of multiple technical glitches which users have experienced. These include users unable to reply to posts and others whose Twitter histories inaccurately date back to the 70s, suggesting some residual problems post-outage.
The number of users experiencing the outage has shown a considerable decrease over the past hour, indicating that the situation is gradually improving. Despite this, more than 1,000 users are still facing persisting difficulties. The reason behind this wide-ranging issue, however, remains unaddressed.
Interestingly, a fire had recently erupted in a data center located in Hillsboro, Oregon. This data center is on lease to Musk’s company and was the scene of the fire incident. Firefighters arrived at the center around 10 in the morning to combat a fire in a room filled with batteries, presumably involved in the incident.
While the fire was controlled without affecting the other sections of the building, the room was filled with smoke. It’s unclear if this particular event and the Twitter outage are directly linked or mere coincidences. Despite this critical incident, X’s company has responded to users’ concerns during this crisis.
The company issued an official statement acknowledging their awareness about some users experiencing performance issues on their platform. According to the communication, they’re going through a data center outage, and their team is actively working to resolve the situation. But, the connection between their data center issue and the reported Twitter outage is yet to be established, contributing to a wider sense of uncertainty.
Reports of the Twitter outage have a global distribution. In the United States alone, upwards of 22,000 individuals have reported their inability to access the popular social media platform. High concentrations of these reports seem to be coming from major UK cities including London, Birmingham, and Cardiff.
Users affected by the outage reported various issues, primarily around the app or the Twitter website refusing to load. In addition to this, users received an error message stating ‘Unable to fetch posts at this moment. Please try again later.’ This compounded the frustration of the userbase who were keen on accessing their Twitter feeds.
In the wake of this second consecutive outage, numerous aggravated Twitter users have taken to the platform demanding Elon Musk step down from his position. Evidence of this discontent is evident in comments like ‘Another day, another X debacle. Musk must depart.’ and ‘Musk can’t even maintain a basic app – he has the resources but lacks the ability to keep X running, such a fool.’
Further comments from the user base demonstrate both frustration and sarcasm. A user noted: ‘It’s down once more. Musk, the so-called business whizz can’t stop crashing TwiX and blowing up rockets.’ Clearly, the user sentiment during another outage is largely negative.
The majority of users affected by this issue have stated experiencing issues loading the Twitter application on their devices. The website was also inaccessible for some, with several users experiencing login troubles. The issue was widespread, reaching a peak with over 11,800 individuals reporting issues on Downdetector.
The difficulties started around 1pm on the same day, suggesting that there may be potential links or systemic issues that extend beyond mere coincidence. Until these issues are resolved and their root cause found, the trust of Twitter’s userbase remains at stake.
While Twitter is actively trying to resolve the issues and reassuring users of their efforts, the continuity in accessing a platform as integral as Twitter has undeniably been disrupted. This reinforces the criticality of reliable systems and robust contingency measures in an ever-more digital world.
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