Social media platform X̶ Twitter suffers global outages (www.bbc.com)
from CowsLookLikeMaps@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 14:01
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gedaliyah@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 14:07 next collapse

It doesn’t sound like suffering to me.

autotldr@lemmings.world on 21 Dec 2023 14:10 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, suffered global outages for just over an hour on Thursday.

According to Downdetector.com, which tracks outages by collating status reports, more than 47,000 US users faced access issues with X and X Pro.

The hashtag #TwitterDown started trending within minutes of reports of the outages emerging.

Since Mr Musk bought the platform, it has been suffering from a loss of advertising revenue.

The company has since sued a left-leaning pressure group, Media Matters for America, which made the accusation.

Last month, Elon Musk slammed advertisers that left X, saying they would kill the social media platform.


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Fake4000@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 14:25 next collapse

Elmo must be trying to dodge some infrastructure bills here.

Sheeple@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 15:12 collapse

Actually Elmo personally damaged infrastructure in september because there was supposed to be a server move but he thought all the precautions were bogus so he just went in there himself and started yanking + disconnecting cables at random

Ever since, Twitter hadn’t recovered from the intense damage caused and is experiencing issues

Squizzy@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 16:27 collapse

I hope this is real

Sheeple@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 16:39 next collapse
athos77@kbin.social on 21 Dec 2023 16:50 collapse
Sheeple@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 14:30 next collapse

It’s unsurprising considering that just in September Elon Musk in an ego trip decided to ignore security and just started unplugging server cables at random, which caused damages lasting even today.

(Context: a server needed to be moved with incredibly careful procedures. Elmo thought he knew better and decided to ignore all the protocols that are meant to stop damage)

xkforce@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 15:13 next collapse

Omg its true: techdirt.com/…/it-took-just-four-days-from-elon-g…

This guy is the trump of the tech industry. Every time he does shit like this it makes you think “no… he couldnt have… could he?” Look it up, find out its true and have the first wtf of the day.

Sheeple@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 15:26 collapse

Yeah lmao. Personally I only found out when I was told about it by a friend who happens to work on exactly these kind of things. I’m surprised this isn’t covered more by the news.

Did you know Elmo also at first refused to secure the servers (as in the physical boxes) meaning anyone could easily steal them and when the INTENSE danger of theft and data leaks was pointed out to him he threw a tantrum before putting a fucking 5 dollar padlock on the door that held the disconnected servers at the time?

As in the kind of padlock that is notorious for being bog easy to pick and sometimes opens just by bashing it. THAT kind of fucking padlock.

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works on 21 Dec 2023 15:47 next collapse

Oh you mean the one that a child can literally open with pieces of a soda can?

xkforce@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 16:38 next collapse

This reminds me of Trump just throwing a bunch of classified nuclear weapons documents in some unlocked storage closet at marlago.

Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Dec 2023 18:51 collapse

I used to open mine with a drop kick in high school lul. They’re so janky.

june@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 15:43 collapse

Yea it’s a fuckin wild story. The man hired a bunch of guys off the street to pack them up into the trailers as he crawled u see the floors to start unplugging shit. It cause havoc to a bunch of software that specifically called to the data center that the Lego master so skillfully dismantled in the dead of night and has had knock on effects since that moment. In addition, a ton of highly sensitive data was on those servers that was supposed to have significant security measures taken to protect, which the man directly ignored saying that a padlock on the trailer was enough.

BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Dec 2023 10:13 collapse

How he wasn’t sued by the data center and every company that had servers in there is shocking to me. Also how is it not some form of crime to hand millions of peoples personal data to some guys off the street?

franklin@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 14:41 next collapse

The wrong X died

He would always deliver to me :(

paddirn@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 14:58 next collapse

Christmas came early

captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org on 21 Dec 2023 15:04 next collapse

Hopefully the next one is permanent

xkforce@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 15:10 next collapse

At this point, dont even acknowledge the name change. Just keep calling it Twitter if everyone is going to do the “X formerly known as Twitter” thing for all of time.

ares35@kbin.social on 21 Dec 2023 16:04 next collapse

yup. it's twitter, just twitter. a service run by a twit.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca on 21 Dec 2023 16:54 collapse

Twat

athos77@kbin.social on 21 Dec 2023 16:45 next collapse

It's Xitter. With the Chinese pronunciation of the 'X'.

illi@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2023 08:15 collapse

I’m gonna guess the prononciation is something like “sh”?

athos77@kbin.social on 22 Dec 2023 08:49 collapse

Yep!

spongebue@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 22:18 collapse

In a way, I kind of like “social media platform X” - not that the name change isn’t stupid, but Elon wants “X” to be a ubiquitous thing that everyone knows. “X, formerly Twitter” can’t go on forever, but at least this subtly says “you know, that thing with the ridiculous name that wouldn’t really make sense if we didn’t tell you what it was because it’s a fucking letter”

Jaysyn@kbin.social on 21 Dec 2023 15:06 next collapse

Fortunately, nothing of value was lost.

HubertManne@kbin.social on 21 Dec 2023 15:44 next collapse

im really surpised anyone notices

Hyperreality@kbin.social on 21 Dec 2023 16:06 next collapse

Good.

BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com on 21 Dec 2023 17:51 next collapse

Good

dinckelman@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2023 19:22 next collapse

Just put it out of it’s misery. Pull the plug

Tja@programming.dev on 21 Dec 2023 19:49 next collapse

It’s unavoidable. Such a big and complex department with such bad (even careless) management, it’s due to happen.

trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com on 21 Dec 2023 21:31 collapse

Twitter has been a cancerous cesspit since its creation and it would literally be a favour to humanity to just shut it the fuck down

fne8w2ah@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2023 09:24 collapse

IMHO neither Dorsey nor Elmo seems to care about moderation at all.

Same with the zuccbot.