- X experienced a lengthy outage today
- It provoked plenty of jokes and memes
- The social network is now operating as normal again
Users trying to access X/Twitter have had trouble getting on the app and website today.
UK users reported an outage at around 10am GMT, which was later resolved. However, by the time US users woke up, they too were having problems accessing the social network. In addition, users in countries including Malaysia, Italy and the Netherlands also experienced issues with the site and app.
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It seems that there were multiple outages across the day.. There has been no official word from X yet on what might have caused it to go down.
Elon Musk has owned the platform since October 2022. After large numbers of staff were fired, concerns were raised that the site risked suffering more frequent outages. However, they have largely been mitigated and outages are fairly infrequent.
“It’s always Twitter but never Microsoft Teams”
Users of the platform had plenty to say when it was back up and running again.
“Cool that Twitter is down. Hope the guy who runs it isn’t running any other systems especially ones that stop airplanes from crashing,” joked one user, referring to Musk’s role in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“It’s always Twitter but never Microsoft Teams,” said another.
Someone else joked: “Twitter is crashing and going down just like Elon Musk’s Tesla stock. Tesla has erased all gains that it has made since the election. I love this for Elon Musk.”
Cool that Twitter is down. Hope the guy who runs it isn’t running any other systems especially ones that stop airplanes from crashing
— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) March 10, 2025
It’s always Twitter down but never Microsoft Teams pic.twitter.com/Sy7U5qnwl6
— Our Rach (@our_rach) March 10, 2025
Twitter is crashing and going down just like Elon Musk's Tesla stock.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) March 10, 2025
Tesla has erased all gains that it has made since the election.
I love this for Elon Musk.
🍿 pic.twitter.com/q8xUA7aLIw
twitter was down for like 30 minutes and i felt my world collapsing
— lara (@silqco) March 10, 2025
everyone after twitter was down cause they couldnt check twitter to see if twitter was down pic.twitter.com/ksKARnan1Y
— nico aria (@roronoaaria) March 10, 2025
everyone after twitter was down cause they couldnt check twitter to see if twitter was down pic.twitter.com/ksKARnan1Y
— nico aria (@roronoaaria) March 10, 2025
What’s happened to Elon Musk’s net worth?
Musk is no longer the world’s richest person with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos overtaking him, according to new figures.
The latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index lists Bezos’ wealth at a fraction under $200 billion. Musk, however, has a mere $198 billion.
Musk has lost his lead as over the past 12 months he has managed to lose $31 billion of his net wealth, whereas Bezos has gained $23.4 billion to overtake him.
It was a tumultuous year for Musk, so news that his net worth has declined is not a major surprise. Shares in Tesla, the automotive company that he part owns, have been volatile over the past 12 months, sometimes in reaction to public statements Musk has made. Likewise, the value of X – which he renamed from Twitter – is widely estimated by experts to have reduced in the last year, despite the introduction of paid-for blue checks, as advertising revenue is reportedly down on the site.
Musk’s net wealth could also be adversely impacted in the future – a recent judgement blocked a huge $55.8 billion payslip from Tesla.
