As of Saturday morning, X (formerly known as Twitter) is experiencing a significant outage affecting users around the globe. This situation poses a setback for one of the world’s most popular social media platforms. If you’re just waking up with your morning coffee and planning to check Elon Musk’s latest updates, you might be greeted by frustration instead. Many users are encountering familiar error messages, such as “Cannot retrieve posts at this time.
Please try again later,” and “Something went wrong. Try reloading.” Unfortunately, the typical trick of reloading won’t resolve the issue, as the platform is currently non-operational. Reports indicate that both the X.com website and the mobile app are unavailable, and the extent of the outage has been confirmed on platforms like Downdetector.
As of around 8:30 am Eastern Time, there were tens of thousands of user reports indicating that the issues transcend geographical boundaries. While some users had experienced minor difficulties earlier in the week—trouble tweeting, retweeting, or sending direct messages—this outage is far more widespread. While we await a fix from Musk’s engineering team, you might consider exploring other options for entertainment or connection. You could attempt to log into Facebook or, even better, dive into a good book.
Just kidding, we all know that TikTok reigns supreme when it comes to social media distractions. Regardless, it’s clear that this outage is likely to dampen the mood for those eager to engage on X.