X, formerly known as Twitter, encountered serious malfunctions for thousands of users Friday.
Users accessing X suddenly saw their entire feeds disappear, and the ability to post messages stopped working. On the home screen, this message appeared: “Welcome to X! This is the best place to see what’s happening in your world. Find some people and topics to follow now.”
As of 4:10 p.m. ET, more than 16,000 users had logged error complaints with Downdetector, an uptime-monitoring site.
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