Twitter Downtime: Thousands worldwide struggle to login, but Elon Musk says, platform ‘works for me’

*As over 10,000 global users reported trouble with accessing Twitter Wednesday evening, according to Downdetector data, owner and CEO Elon Musk has tweeted the social media platform ‘works for me’

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

Several thousands of users around the world struggled to access Twitter Wednesday, December 28, 2022.

ConsumerConnect learnt that an error message urged global consumers, “don’t fret… Let’s try again.”

As intermittent outages spread online, the hashtag #TwitterDown began to trend globally.

“User reports indicate Twitter is having problems since 7:13 pm EST,” according to outage detection site Downdetector, where many of the issues were reported following the incident.

Over 10,000 users had reported trouble with accessing the platform on Wednesday evening, according to Downdetector data.

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but its new owner Elon Musk tweeted on the platform that it “works for me,” in response to a user query.

Some users, including CNN journalists, were met with an error message that read, “Something went wrong, but don’t fret – it’s not your fault. Let’s try again.”

According to Downdetector, it was desktop users of the platform, rather than those accessing it on mobile, who were most likely to be affected during the downtime.

The outages appear to have been in several countries of the world, report said.

Internet watchdog Netblocks reportedly said  that “Twitter is experiencing international outages affecting the mobile app and features including notifications.”

The group noted that the incident is “not related to country-level Internet disruptions or filtering.”

It is recalled that Musk laid off about half of Twitter’s workforce November 2022, shortly after his takeover of the microblogging site and social media giant.

The Twitter CEO later pushed out additional employees, including through an ultimatum requiring them to work “hardcore” or exit the company.

Musk’s team — seeking to cut costs at the company that the billionaire purchased for $44 billion — has continued to lay off hundreds of additional Twitter staff since then.

The affected personnel include top engineering and legal talent, according to multiple recent reports and former employees.