Twitter down: Why is Twitter not working? When will it come back?
The social media platform stopped showing recent Tweets in another addition to the growing list of faults.
Can you call it a twist if it is expected? Well, whatever it is, it has certainly come in the form of another Twitter meltdown, and not because a new meme has captured the imagination of the Western Hemisphere. No, either someone has pressed the wrong button or Elon Musk has pulled the cable out of the socket to charge up his Mars Rover.
Twitter stopped at around 1pm ET, and recent tweets stopped showing up. There was smoke coming from the mountain before the eruption, however, as various news outlets were reporting that photo cards were not showing up underneath the links, including here, at @English_AS. Yes, I was annoyed. Can you tell?
The first in a line of failures
Twitter owner Elon Musk (who bought the social media network in October 2022) caused outrage earlier in the week after announcing that two-step verification, a security method that many people used to keep their accounts safe by sending a message to your phone, was to be removed for the public and only available on Twitter Blue, the parallel universe that runs alongside free Twitter that costs $8 a month.
And there’s a whole new system of blue, grey and gold checks. Check them out here. It’s not confusing at all.
When will Twitter be back?
Just like any good philosophical question, it has no answer. Whenever the boffins - the three of four that are left - work out how to switch the Tweets back on.