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      Yet Another Outage: How Twitter Has Glitched Again And Again Since The Musk Takeover

      Twitter has witnessed several outages in the past months, including two in March. Amidst multiple layoffs and new developments, here are the recent instances of #TwitterDown.

      By - Hera Rizwan |
      Published -  7 March 2023 3:03 PM IST
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      Yet Another Outage: How Twitter Has Glitched Again And Again Since The Musk Takeover

      Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter and became the CEO in 2022, the microblogging platform has managed to stay in the headlines, week after week. From Twitter Blue to two-factor authentication, users have been trying to wrap their heads around the new developments on the platform.

      Among the reasons Twitter made news was multiple outages, bugs, and glitches. Twitter experienced at least four widespread outages in the month of February alone, compared to nine in all of 2022. In a matter of months, since Musk's takeover, the company has also seen multiple rounds of layoffs, including that of top executives and employees responsible for running the platform efficiently.

      Here's a look at the recent Twitter outages which led to chaos on the microblogging platform.

      API Issues

      Twitter was down for many users on Monday. While some users found links that were not working, others were unable to see or post the photos accompanying the tweets. Some users also reported receiving a message that read, “Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint."

      Twitter have locked themselves out of their own API. Remember though that he’s a genius for still running the app after sacking all his engineers #TwitterDown pic.twitter.com/QMnxYuTDKy

      — Flaps ohoolahan (@Flaps_OHoolahan) March 6, 2023

      Anyone else seeing tweets without their accompanying pics?#TwitterDown

      — Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@piyushmittal) March 6, 2023


      You can't post images on Twitter right now, likely because the site's URL shortener/redirect service (https://t.co/lxSJ4DFhQA) is down. Don't want to be controversial, but I don't think this is good for https://t.co/KFR89a1fA2.

      — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 6, 2023

      Twitter’s official support account responded to the outage as the handle tweeted, “Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now. We made an internal change that had some unintended consequences. We’re working on this now and will share an update when it’s fixed.” Musk also reacted to the "small API change" which caused the outage. He replied to one of the users, saying, "A small API change had massive ramifications. The code stack is extremely brittle for no good reason. Will ultimately need a complete rewrite."

      An API, or application programming interface, is a set of defined rules that enable two applications to interact with each other, without a third party intervention. Last month, Twitter had announced that it will not be supporting free access to its API any longer and it will now be available as a paid service instead.

      Also Read:What Is Bluesky, App Backed By Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey?

      Problems in the 'For You' feed

      Twitter was down for thousands of users on March 1, according to Downdetector. The users were unable to refresh their feed. The 'For You' feed, which collects tweets from people similar to those they follow, appeared to be restored within an hour of the initial issue, but the Following feed, which collects tweets from people users follow on Twitter, took longer to be restored, BBC reported.

      Anyone elses feed not refreshing? #TwitterDown

      — #EpsteinDidntKillHimself (@JeffreyEp556) March 1, 2023


      Is Twitter down? pic.twitter.com/sespJtc58b

      — Yukki (@LosBlancos077) March 1, 2023

      Twitter timelines wouldn't update

      On February 17, Twitter users reported many glitches as they struggled to see their updated timeline. The most common error message received by many users said, ‘Something went wrong. Try reloading.’ Many also complained issues regarding retweets and likes on the tweets.

      Did anyone else lose the news, etc tabs on their Twitter? Is this Twitter being down?

      — #GetFree (@daneyvilla) February 17, 2023


      the number of likes and retweets has been wrong on all my tweets for hours now #TwitterDown AGAIN

      — Divine Thought ™ ∆ (@DivineThoughtTM) February 16, 2023

      iOS glitch

      On February 15, the glitch was centered on the iOS app of Twitter while Android and website users did not flag any issues. Initially, the iOS users were unable to access the 'For You' section on Twitter, after which they received a notification saying the tweets were not loading properly. Acknowledging the glitch, the Twitter Support account handle had tweeted "Pardon the interruption!” iOS users may have experienced some trouble using Twitter earlier. Things should be back to normal now.”

      Twitter is not working for me. #TwitterDown #iOS pic.twitter.com/aogi6IqQCF

      — Edward Ferguson (@EdwardFerguson_) February 15, 2023

      You’re not the only one. Same for me

      — Edgar Kulik (@edgarwilldoit) February 15, 2023

      Users unable to tweet

      On February 8, Twitter users reported being unable to tweet, send direct messages, or follow other users. Many of them received a notification informing them that they had exceeded their daily tweet limit, even though they had not sent out a single tweet. Many users had received a notification saying "You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets" owing to the glitch.

      I can post now but can’t follow people. I rarely follow people (well, I don’t all of the time) so I only know there are still issues because I actually tried to follow someone and got this: pic.twitter.com/0m3e4j35Ko

      — Olivia P. Walker (@olivia_p_walker) February 8, 2023

      Twitter says I can't follow any more people. Unfollowing someone else to then follow a new account didn't work either. What a great user experience pic.twitter.com/2s13YaVFcx

      — tae kim (@firstadopter) February 9, 2023

      Unable to verify via two factor authentication

      In December 2022, a bug involving two-factor authentication codes prevented some Twitter users from accessing their accounts for days. Twitter users who logged out of their accounts or were trying to log into new devices said they couldn't access their accounts as Twitter was no longer sending six-digit authentication codes via text message.



      Twitter is suspending way too many accounts today, and the two-factor authentication @TwitterSupport seems not to be sending messages. What can we do to resolve these issues?

      — Emmanuel Wabwire (@Wabwire1) December 13, 2022

      Hi @elonmusk sir i have an issue in Two factor authentication i didn't get a verification code for my number 🤝
      I mailed @TwitterSupport but no response pls help to solve my issue
      Thank you ☺️ pic.twitter.com/AOCMvUqzNx

      — MsdArul🦁 (@MsdArul7) December 14, 2022


      Also Read:Will Aadhaar's New AI-Based Security Successfully Prevent Data Breaches?



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