Twitter's desktop app sees surge in outages as Meta's Threads takes off
Publishing timestamp: 2023-07-07 16:29:04
Summary
Twitter has been experiencing outages on its desktop app over the past 24 hours, with the issues peaking around 9:30 am ET. This coincides with the launch of Meta's Threads app, which has gained 70 million sign-ups in one day. The majority of Twitter outages are related to its desktop service, while only a small percentage is tied to the mobile app. Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, expressed surprise at the immediate popularity of Threads. Twitter's new CEO, Linda Yaccarino, made a tweet referencing Threads as an imitation of Twitter.
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