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Social media platform X, which was earlier known as Twitter, is facing a mass outage as thousands of users reported facing trouble accessing it in the US on Tuesday (August 29), as reported by outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Downdetector, which keeps track of outages by collecting status reports from various sources which includes users, stated that they received more than 17,000 reports of outages till 19:24 ET (23:24 GMT). 

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Most people who are accessing site X from the website are facing a glitch compared to those who are using the smartphone app, as per Downdetector. When trying to log in to X, the users are receiving a message which reads, “Something went wrong. Try reloading.” However, as per reports, reloading is not working for the users.

Technical glitches have snagged site in recent months

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In recent months, various technical problems have been faced by X, which include users failing to load the site. Further, a cap was put on the social media platform which restricted users from reading more than 600 posts on the site. Soon, the cap was raised by the authorities and the restriction didn't appear to be a serious problem anymore.

In October 2022, X, then known as Twitter, was bought by Elon Musk and various drastic changes were made in the organisation, which included firing thousands of employees. Some tech experts had warned that firing so many employees could lead to outages and other issues on the site.

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Musk has ignited another controversy on the site by sharing inflammatory statements that were reported to have scared advertisers. Recently, the billionaire owner stated that there has been a decline of about 50 per cent in ad revenue since he took over X.

In June, Linda Yaccarino was hired by Musk as the next CEO so as to calm the rising worries of the advertisers.

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