A significant number of Twitter users have encountered difficulties with the popular social media platform today, News About Nigeria reports.
Over 5,000 individuals have expressed their concerns on the Down Detector website, citing problems such as the inability to access tweets, missing timelines, and disappearing followers.
The exact cause of these issues and their duration remain uncertain, as the company has yet to provide an official statement.
Reports regarding the outage began surfacing on Down Detector at 12:19 pm and have persisted throughout the day, causing increasing frustration among users.
Numerous users vented their frustrations on the outage monitoring site, expressing disbelief at the prolonged duration of the problem and describing the situation as beyond acceptable.
The majority of the reported issues pertain to the app, while approximately a third involve the website, and the remainder relate to Twitter’s feed.
Among the top trending hashtags for those who can still use Twitter are #TwitterDown and #RateLimitExceeded.
Several users have reported receiving the message “rate-limit exceeded” on their For You page, which typically showcases personalized and curated content.
As is customary during social media outages, a deluge of memes has flooded the internet.
These recent issues follow a major outage on the site in March, shortly after the company’s most recent round of layoffs.
Upon visiting the site, users were greeted with what appeared to be a welcome page, suggesting that they did not follow anyone on the platform. The page encouraged users to click through and find people to follow.
The message read, “Welcome to Twitter! This is the best place to see what’s happening in your world. Find some people and topics to follow now.”
The app version of Twitter displayed a similar message, featuring a button labeled “Let’s go” that directed users to a list of suggested users.
Unfortunately, there was no way to bypass this initial message, leaving users unable to view their feed or posts from the people they already follow.
