Twitter fixes links and images outage that hit thousands of users
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter fixes links and images outage that hit thousands of users

The Hindu  

Thousands of Twitter users reported problems accessing links from the social media platform and other websites on Monday, before the Elon Musk-owned company said it had fixed the latest in a series of outages. This helpful video explains what happened at Twitter todayhttps://t.co/LCx4jRIiCk — Elon Musk March 7, 2023 Twitter's support account tweeted later on Monday that the issue was resolved and "things should be working as normal." Internet observatory NetBlocks said the issue had affected image and video content too, in Twitter's sixth major outage in 2023, compared with three in the same period last year. "Error messages supplied by Twitter's link sharing platform and internal API point to problems with the platform's microservices, which are having a knock-on effect on other aspects of the service," NetBlocks Director Alp Toker said.

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X Outage: Elon Musk's social media platform suffers global outage, users unable to browse, access posts
1 year ago

X Outage: Elon Musk's social media platform suffers global outage, users unable to browse, access posts

Firstpost  

Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, had a massive outage as users were unable to browse the platform. As per Downdetector, people were facing issues on the app, website, and Tweetdeck Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is down again and seems to be going through a global outage. As per Downdetector, the website that tracks when certain popular websites …

Twitter users will need to be verified to use TweetDeck; Elon Musk's company sets deadline
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter users will need to be verified to use TweetDeck; Elon Musk's company sets deadline

Hindustan Times  

Social media giant Twitter on Tuesday announced that users will soon need to be verified to use TweetDeck. The problem occurred soon after Twitter CEO Elon Musk limited the number of tweets users can read in a day. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com by selecting ‘Try the new TweetDeck’ in the bottom …

Tweetdeck down: Twitter client not working amid chaos on site
1 year, 5 months ago

Tweetdeck down: Twitter client not working amid chaos on site

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy TweetDeck, a major Twitter client, has stopped working properly. Over the weekend, Twitter …

Elon Musk’s Twitter announces read limits
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter announces read limits

The Hindu  

Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after owner Elon Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the site. Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for unverified & 400 for new unverified https://t.co/fuRcJLifTn — …

Twitter down for several users across world
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter down for several users across world

India Today  

Several people across the world complained that the micro-blogging site Twitter was not working for them on Saturday. According to Down Detector, a website that tracks online service disruptions, thousands of users visited the micro-blogging website to discuss their experiences after the global outage hit Twitter. As Twitter users continue to run into the 'Rate Limit exceeded' error message, Elon …

#TwitterDown: Elon Musk announces temporary read limits on Twitter
1 year, 5 months ago

#TwitterDown: Elon Musk announces temporary read limits on Twitter

CNN  

New York CNN — Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site, or faced difficulty and delays, Saturday. Musk changes policy Hours after users began reporting the problems, billionaire owner Elon Musk tweeted that the site had applied temporary limits “to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.” Verified accounts are …

‘Temporary measure’, says Elon Musk as Twitter makes logging in mandatory to view tweets
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Temporary measure’, says Elon Musk as Twitter makes logging in mandatory to view tweets

Hindustan Times  

In a sudden and unannounced update, Twitter has made it mandatory for people to log into their accounts to view tweets and user profiles. This also means that one must have an account on the microblogging website to view tweets, which, until now, could be seen without being logged in or having a profile on the social network. Users discovered …

A new CEO won’t fix Twitter’s biggest problem
1 year, 7 months ago

A new CEO won’t fix Twitter’s biggest problem

CNN  

New York CNN — During his six months as Twitter’s CEO and owner, Elon Musk decimated its ad business, alienated some news publications and VIP users, and plunged the platform into a constant state of chaos. Just this week, Musk drew backlash for baselessly attacking billionaire George Soros, a frequent target for antisemitic conspiracy theories, saying the financier “hates humanity.” …

Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc. faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the latest action stemming from its massive job cuts. The proposed class action, filed in San Francisco federal court, claims Twitter in November laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems …

After Musk accuses him of using disability as an excuse, Twitter staff hits back
1 year, 9 months ago

After Musk accuses him of using disability as an excuse, Twitter staff hits back

Hindustan Times  

Twitter owner Elon Musk had a tweet showdown with an employee of the company he owns now. Haraldur Thorleifsson had asked Musk whether he was still an employee of his company or had been laid off as the access to his work computer had been snapped. After a brief Twitter exchange between the employer and his employee went viral, Musk …

Twitter was down last night because there's only 1 engineer left to handle Twitter API
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter was down last night because there's only 1 engineer left to handle Twitter API

India Today  

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter and fired more than half of Twitter’s workforce, outages at the platform have been rather common. Twitter’s recent outage Twitter users also reported seeing a cryptic message that read, “Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint, please see https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api for more information.” Twitter’s official support account responded to the …

Laid off by Elon Musk, Twitter engineer struggling to find a new job
1 year, 9 months ago

Laid off by Elon Musk, Twitter engineer struggling to find a new job

India Today  

The tech job market has been in a state of flux for the past couple of months and companies have been firing employees left, right and center. Ex-Twitter engineer’s take on tech job market A Twitter engineer, who was fired by Elon Musk, said that the tech job market is ‘hot garbage’ right now and that he has faced a …

Twitter fixes links outage due to ‘internal change’ that hit thousands of users
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter fixes links outage due to ‘internal change’ that hit thousands of users

Hindustan Times  

Thousands of Twitter users reported problems accessing links from the social media platform and other websites on Monday, before the Elon Musk-owned company said it had fixed the latest in a series of outages. Musk tweeted that a small change with Twitter's data-access tool had caused the problem. Internet observatory NetBlocks said the issue had affected image and video content …

Twitter down for some users globally, netizens ask ‘Did Musk break all links’?
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter down for some users globally, netizens ask ‘Did Musk break all links’?

Hindustan Times  

Microblogging platform Twitter reportedly suffered a technical snag with netizens complaining of having encountered broken links. Netizens complained of being unable to access tweets of other users, with a message reading,"Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint, please see https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api for more information". Soon, Twitter was flooded with memes by netizens who were mocking its owner …

Twitter hit by biggest malfunction since Musk deal
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter hit by biggest malfunction since Musk deal

The Telegraph  

Twitter suffered its biggest malfunction since being bought by Elon Musk on Monday night after an internal change caused pictures and links on the social media site to stop working. Error messages displayed after clicking links said: “Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint” and the error code 467. We’re working on this now and will …

Twitter was down for hours after Elon Musk fired 200 employees, now fixed and tweets showing up
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter was down for hours after Elon Musk fired 200 employees, now fixed and tweets showing up

India Today  

Twitter is down again. This is nothing new as the platform has faced multiple outages in the last few months, especially after Elon Musk acquired the platform and fired thousands of employees. And Twitter users believe that the platform is down because Musk fired some engineers in the latest round of layoffs. Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently said that he, …

Twitter down for hours, many users furious: Know what happened
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter down for hours, many users furious: Know what happened

India TV News  

Twitter, the known microblogging social media platform was reported unresponsive by a number of users. More than a million users across the world reported their experience as another major global outage, leaving them unable to login to their accounts or post any tweets respectively. Find some people and topics to follow now.” Image Source : PIXABAYTwitter down for hours, many …

Twitter goes down days after Musk fires 200 staff
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter goes down days after Musk fires 200 staff

The Telegraph  

Twitter’s main timelines have gone down for thousands of internet users as the social network endures more glitches under Elon Musk’s leadership. The social network’s “For You” and “Following” tabs, where users view other people’s Tweets, were not loading for thousands of people on Wednesday morning. The outage is the latest wobble for the social network since its acquisition by …

Twitter lays off 10% of current workforce
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter lays off 10% of current workforce

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc. has laid off at least 200 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, the New York Times reported late on Sunday, in its latest round of job cuts since Elon Musk took over the micro-blogging site last October. The layoffs on Saturday night impacted product managers, data scientists and engineers who worked on machine learning and site reliability, …

Twitter Outage Reported In India And Other Countries
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter Outage Reported In India And Other Countries

News 18  

Twitter stopped working for many users on Thursday as people were not unable to see updated tweets on their feed. The problem seems to have surfaced around 10:00 PM IST as per the live tracker downdetector.in and even the global version of the website has checked out for Twitter outage around the same timeframe. As per the details given here, …

Elon Musk says artificial tweet boost reports false, spread by “disgruntled” Twitter employee
1 year, 10 months ago

Elon Musk says artificial tweet boost reports false, spread by “disgruntled” Twitter employee

The Hindu  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has denied allegations that he had engineers artificially boost the reach of his posts after one of his tweets did not perform as well as a tweet by U.S. President Joe Biden. Mr. Musk said on Friday that media companies “incorrectly reported” that his tweet reach was boosted. We did have a bug that briefly caused… …

‘…A bug': Elon Musk rejects claims of boosting his tweets ‘above normal levels’
1 year, 10 months ago

‘…A bug': Elon Musk rejects claims of boosting his tweets ‘above normal levels’

Hindustan Times  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has dismissed reports of 'reconfiguring the platform's algorithm' to boost his tweets ‘above normal levels’. It was reportedly after Musk's tweet about the Sunday Super Bowl that ‘failed to achieve as much engagement as a tweet from Joe Biden’ that efforts started to gather more attention to his tweets. According to an interview conducted by tech …

Musk’s at it again
1 year, 10 months ago

Musk’s at it again

Live Mint  

Twitter chief Elon Musk has lately been in the news for some outrageous actions. This week, as reported, he had his engineers “fix” the platform’s “bugs” to boost impressions of his tweets after one of them on the Super Bowl didn’t do so well as a tweet by US President Joe Biden—also on the baseball league—despite having many times more …

Twitter down for thousands of users
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter down for thousands of users

The Hindu  

Thousands of Twitter users were unable to access the social media platform on Wednesday, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. Twitter Inc. did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment and the social network's status page showed that all systems …

After firing engineer for low reach, Twitter’s algorithm is now showing everyone Elon Musk's tweets
1 year, 10 months ago

After firing engineer for low reach, Twitter’s algorithm is now showing everyone Elon Musk's tweets

Firstpost  

After getting his engineers to tweak Twitter’s algorithm to increase the engagement on his posts, Elon Musk accidentally set Twitter up in such a way that everyone’s For You page is filled with Musk’s tweets, replies and likes, even for those who do not follow him. Is everyone else's entire For You page Elon replies 😅 — Zoë Schiffer February …

Twitter Adds Limits To Daily Tweets, DMs, Follows. Could The Latest Outage Be A Result?
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter Adds Limits To Daily Tweets, DMs, Follows. Could The Latest Outage Be A Result?

ABP News  

Twitter users across the globe have been complaining of being unable to tweet, follow new accounts, or even use Tweetdeck on Thursday. As per Twitter’s Help page, the microblogging platform has put in several usage limits. The company said on its help page, “Please note that this is a technical account limit only, and there are additional rules prohibiting aggressive …

Instagram and Twitter appear to suffer outage as users find they are unable to post
1 year, 10 months ago

Instagram and Twitter appear to suffer outage as users find they are unable to post

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter and Instagram appear to be suffering outages after thousands of users reported …

‘Twitter should be back up later tonight’: Elon Musk
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Twitter should be back up later tonight’: Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that the microblogging site should be back up later today after several users complained of not being able to tweet on Wednesday, prematurely encountering a message that said "You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets." The outage comes as billionaire owner Musk slashed Twitter's staff since taking over the company in October, raising …

Some Twitter users are unable to post, told they’re ‘over daily limit’
1 year, 10 months ago

Some Twitter users are unable to post, told they’re ‘over daily limit’

Deccan Chronicle  

Some Twitter Inc. users were unable to send tweets on Wednesday afternoon, instead getting an automated message saying they were “over the daily limit for sending Tweets,” even for users who hadn’t posted yet for the day. Downdetector, a site that tracks technical outages for apps, showed a spike in user reports of trouble on the site, touching 9,500 just …

Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Users first noticed the problem …

Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet

Associated Press  

Many Twitter users found themselves unable to tweet, follow accounts or access their direct messages on Wednesday as the Elon Musk-owned platform experienced a slew of widespread technical problems. Users also had trouble when they tried to follow another Twitter user, getting a message “You are unable to follow more people at this time” with a link to the company’s …

Some Twitter users unable to post as platform hit by glitch
1 year, 10 months ago

Some Twitter users unable to post as platform hit by glitch

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of users faced glitches in posting, receiving messages that they had exceeded a daily limit of tweets. Thousands of Twitter users complained on Wednesday they were unable to post messages, following which they were told that they had exceeded a daily limit of tweets. Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk tweeted early on Thursday that there were multiple “internal and …

Elon Musk accepts Twitter not working properly, says company facing internal and external issues
1 year, 10 months ago

Elon Musk accepts Twitter not working properly, says company facing internal and external issues

India Today  

A number of Twitter users have recently pointed out that they are facing several glitches while using the micro-blogging platform. Elon Musk has now confirmed that Twitter has indeed been facing some issues today and they should be 'fully back on track' soon. Elon Musk admits Twitter's glitches While responding to a tweet about Twitter and its glitches, Musk wrote, …

'Sorry for the trouble'- Twitter after global outage; says working to fix it
1 year, 10 months ago

'Sorry for the trouble'- Twitter after global outage; says working to fix it

India TV News  

Twitter users in several countries including India were facing trouble while using the microblogging site on Thursday morning. Twitter Deck services down Several users in India complained of 'Twitter Deck' outage since yesterday and the trouble extended on Thursday morning when other features started not working. Accounts also had trouble when they tried to follow another Twitter user, getting a …

Twitter outage hits thousands of users globally
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter outage hits thousands of users globally

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc. suffered a major outage on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of users globally unable to access the popular social media platform or use its key features. Others took to Twitter to share updates and memes about the service disruption, with #TwitterDown trending as a hashtag on the social media site. Hundreds of Twitter employees quit the social media …

Twitter outage hits thousands of users globally
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter outage hits thousands of users globally

Deccan Chronicle  

Twitter Inc suffered a major outage on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of users globally unable to access the popular social media platform or use its key features. Others took to Twitter to share updates and memes about the service disruption, with #TwitterDown trending as a hashtag on the social media site. Hundreds of Twitter employees quit the social media …

Backend server architecture changes behind Twitter outage, says Musk
1 year, 11 months ago

Backend server architecture changes behind Twitter outage, says Musk

India TV News  

As Twitter went down for several users globally including in India, the CEO Elon Musk has said that the outage was because of backend changes to make the micro-blogging platform faster. Musk said that "significant backend server architecture changes" have been rolled out. The platform showed error messages to several users, "Something went wrong, but don't fret -- it's not …

Elon Musk mocks trolls, tweets ’Wasn’t Twitter supposed to die by now...’
2 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk mocks trolls, tweets ’Wasn’t Twitter supposed to die by now...’

Live Mint  

Tuesday saw Elon Musk, the controversial Twitter chief, poke fun at the trolls who had predicted Twitter's demise shortly after his controversial takeover. Musk recently came under fire on social media for mass layoffs and his decision to charge users of the Twitter platform $8 to have their accounts verified. Musk defended his decision to fire staff members by claiming …

Twitter is done with terminating people, says Elon Musk, now preparing to hire “the right people”
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter is done with terminating people, says Elon Musk, now preparing to hire “the right people”

Firstpost  

After all the terminations and resignations, the total number of people working at Twitter as of Monday, stands at 2,700, down from 7,400 when Musk took over. Although there are reports going around that says Elon Musk is set to terminate a few more people from Twitter’s ad sales team, the current CEO of Tesla and Twitter in a recent …

Twitter has been hollowed out almost entirely by Elon Musk
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter has been hollowed out almost entirely by Elon Musk

Live Mint  

"RIP Twitter” has been trending on Twitter. It’s unclear exactly how many of Twitter’s original 7,500-strong workforce remain employed by the company after Musk took over. Many member of Twitter’s staff who emoji-saluted their way out the door warned the site would crumble in the near future without enough critical engineers in place. He wants to turn Twitter into the …

Twitter risks fraying as engineers exit over Musk upheaval
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter risks fraying as engineers exit over Musk upheaval

Associated Press  

Elon Musk’s managerial bomb-throwing at Twitter has so thinned the ranks of software engineers who keep the world’s de-facto public square up and running that industry insiders and programmers who were fired or resigned this week agree: Twitter may soon fray so badly it could actually crash. Indicating how strapped he is for programmers, Musk sent all-hands emails Friday summoning …

Twitter ‘temporarily closes offices’ as more staff depart the company
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter ‘temporarily closes offices’ as more staff depart the company

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter has temporarily closed its …

How likely is a complete Twitter meltdown?
2 years, 1 month ago

How likely is a complete Twitter meltdown?

NPR  

How likely is a complete Twitter meltdown? Enlarge this image toggle caption NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images People are singing their last birdsongs on Twitter, as some brace for what they fear will be a final farewell to the platform whose workforce has shrunk dramatically in the few weeks it's been owned by billionaire Elon Musk. Sponsor …

Elon Musk fires Twitter’s app developer via tweet; here’s why
2 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk fires Twitter’s app developer via tweet; here’s why

Live Mint  

After laying off 50 percent of employees and thousands of contractors, the new Twitter CEO Elon Musk has now fired a member of Android app developer team, but this time via a tweet. The person whose employment was terminated by Musk is an Android developer named Eric Frohnhoefer who had stated in his tweet that Musk's assessment of Twitter being …

After sacking 50% workforce, Twitter lays off over 4,400 contractual workers
2 years, 1 month ago

After sacking 50% workforce, Twitter lays off over 4,400 contractual workers

Live Mint  

After sacking about 50% of Twitter workforce, Elon Musk has reportedly laid off at least 4,400 contractual workers at the social media company. A week after Elon Musk's takeover, on 4 November, Twitter fired around 3,700 people via email as a way to cut costs. Others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary …

Elon Musk says Twitter to soon enable organisations to identify their associated accounts
2 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk says Twitter to soon enable organisations to identify their associated accounts

The Hindu  

Twitter's billionaire owner Elon Musk on November 13 said that Twitter will soon enable organisations to identify Twitter accounts associated with them as the new Twitter owner continues to find ways to limit fake accounts on the platform. The social media platform paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service on Friday as fake accounts mushroomed, and new owner …

‘Vomiting in trash can, sleeping in office’: Two weeks of Elon Musk’s Twitter
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Vomiting in trash can, sleeping in office’: Two weeks of Elon Musk’s Twitter

Live Mint  

The Twitter layoffs that took place on 4 November, impacted the several employees who were fired, however, not much had been talked about the ones who stayed back and faced the tough taskmaster Elon Musk. A report titled, "Two Weeks of Chaos: Inside Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter", on NYT, has said that Elon Musk's decision to lay off roughly …

Two weeks of chaos: What happened after Elon Musk took over Twitter
2 years, 1 month ago

Two weeks of chaos: What happened after Elon Musk took over Twitter

Firstpost  

Twitter, which is under financial pressure from debt and a slumping economy, is now unrecognisable compared with what it was a month ago Elon Musk had a demand. On 28 October hours after completing his $44 billion buyout of Twitter the night before, Musk gathered several human resource executives in a “war room” in the company’s offices in San Francisco. …

’Please come back’, Musk’s Twitter takes U-turn after 50% lay off: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

’Please come back’, Musk’s Twitter takes U-turn after 50% lay off: Report

Live Mint  

After laying off around half the company on Friday following Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition, Twitter Inc has now taken a U-turn and is asking dozen of employees who lost their jobs, to come back, according to the news agency Bloomberg. Others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary to build new features …

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