X down globally: Thousands unable to access their news feed, facing disruptions with Elon Musk’s social media app
X down: Elon Musk’s social platform X (formerly known as Twitter) is currently facing a massive outage globally, including in India. On Downdetector, an online outage monitoring platform, more than 34,000 users in the US have reported the disruption. Meawhile, more than 17,000 reports have been logged in India so far.
Data from Downdetector shows that around 47 per cent of users are facing issues with the feed/timeline, 34 per cent reported issues with the app, and the rest 13 per cent reported issues with the website.
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As per the outage monitoring platform, reports started appearing in India at around 12:30 PM, and the number is increasing since then. On Downdetector, one user joked, ‘Elon can’t handle fee millions of traffic he wants to go to Mars. Haha.’ Another posted, ‘Damn i thought it was just me but its down for everyone.’
Usually, when platforms face disruptions, users head to X to share their experiences and check out real-time updates. So, many found themselves without their usual space for live reactions. Interestingly, a few users were still able to post about the situation on the platform.
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The company has not yet released an official statement regarding the outage. For now, users will just have to wait for the company to identify the issue and fix it.
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