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X, formally known as Twitter, was hit by a global outage – the second time the platform has crashed in 24 hours.
Problems appeared around 10 a.m. ET and plagued the website, app, and server connection — but the glitch appeared to be resolved about an hour later.
Users reported that messages were not loading correctly – the same problem they experienced on Monday.
Tuesday’s outage came when Musk said he was going to charge everyone to use X.
X, formally known as Twitter, was hit by a global outage – the second time the platform has crashed in 24 hours
DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages, showed that the outage affected major cities in the US, including Boston, New York City and Los Angeles.
Other countries such as Great Britain and parts of Europe and Asia also experienced problems.
DownDetector showed that a majority of users experienced problems with the website, followed by the app and server connection.
It is unknown what caused the malfunction.
Users saw error messages that read: “Something went wrong, but don’t worry, it’s not your fault.”
Musk revealed Monday that “the only way to protect against bot accounts” is to charge everyone who uses X — just “a small monthly payment.”
Users are reporting that messages are not loading correctly – the same problem they experienced on Monday
Tuesday’s outage came as Musk said he would charge everyone to use X
X currently charges $8 per month for its Blue Membership, which gives paying users the verification check mark and access to premium features.
It is unclear how much Musk would charge for people without the blue check mark and what benefits they would receive.
Musk revealed his plans to charge users during a live-streamed conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I would say the single most important reason we’re moving toward a small monthly payment for using the X System is because it’s the only way I can think of to combat massive armies of bots,” Musk said.
“A bot costs a fraction of a cent, but if someone has to pay a few dollars or something… you have to get a new payment method every time you have a new bot.
“By prioritizing posts written by
‘We want it to be a small amount.
‘It’s a longer discussion, but in my opinion this is the only defense against huge armies of bots. As the AI gets really good, it will become better and better at passing the captcha tests than humans.”
However, Musk’s news has sparked a movement among X users who are not threatening to delete their accounts if they are forced to pay.
“The day Twitter becomes a paid service is the day I move on,” someone wrote on X.
Another added: ‘I’m done with Twitter as soon as Musky tries to charge me for spending a minute here. Find me on Topics. It is free.’
“If Musk starts asking for money for Twitter, I’m out of here,” someone else chimed in. ‘Start using Threads exclusively. Twitter will lose a few hundred million users.”