Shortly after laying off approximately 200 additional employees, including hardcore Elon Musk loyalists, Twitter reportedly faced a major outage with users unable to view their timeline this morning.
The Verge reports that Twitter experienced an outage early this morning as users reported that the “Following” and “For You” timelines were unavailable. Although users could still access the site and send tweets, the outage annoyed many users who rely on Twitter as their primary source of news and communication.
Elon Musk’s Halloween costume (Taylor Hill /Getty)
Users from the U.S., UK, and other countries began reporting outages on Twitter around 5:00 a.m. ET, according to DownDetector, a website that tracks website outages. However, the issues were mostly resolved and feeds were loading again by 7:45 a.m. ET.
Twitter Support has yet to issue a statement regarding the cause of the outage, leaving many users frustrated and questioning the reliability of the platform. The…
