The effect of the layoffs on Twitter was visual when the microblogging site crashed several times during Elon Musk’s live verbal exchange with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday. A challenge on Twitter stymied Ron DeSantis’ announcement of his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
After the Twitter acquisition in October, Elon Musk laid off thousands of workers and added engineers tasked with fixing software bugs. Abrupt layoffs can burden the microblogging site for technical problems. Mass layoffs would put the platform in danger of collapsing during peak traffic periods. , current and former Twitter workers told Reuters.
“We have so many other people here that I think we’re melting down the servers, which is a smart sign,” said David Sacks, a venture capitalist and close friend of Musk’s, as he tried to launch the occasion on Wednesday.
However, Twitter owner Elon Musk attributed the challenge to the number of people paying attention and his large number of followers on Twitter. It’s worth noting that around 678,000 more people logged in to pay attention while Twitter suffered repeated crashes.
The Spaces consultation was then resumed, bringing the number of listeners to approximately 304,000. About 3 million people tuned in to Musk’s interview with the BBC on Twitter Spaces last month.
“Launch error,” “Crashed” and #DeSaster were among Twitter’s trending topics in the U. S. chat session. U. S.
Frequent Twitter Outages After Elon Musk’s Twitter Acquisition
There are common episodes of Twitter disruptions under Musk’s leadership. In March of this year, several Twitter users reported problems accessing links posted on the platform. the Observatory said.
Amid Twitter’s collapse on Wednesday, the U. S. president has been unable to do so. U. S. Secretary of State Joe Biden mocked the hesitant launch of DeSantis’ presidential bid by tweeting a fundraising call: “This link works. “
(With contributions from Reuters)
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