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Many users complain of not being able to load content: posts do not appear, the feed remains empty and interactions are not updated. This behavior is consistent with what has been reported by thousands of users in different areas of the world and is confirmed in the data aggregated by Downdetectorthe well-known participatory platform that collects spontaneous reports from users in real time to identify possible anomalies in digital services. We are therefore not faced with an isolated or local problem, but with an event that affects the service infrastructure extensively, even if at the moment we cannot establish whether the origin is linked to servers, distribution networks or software updates.
Over 26,000 reports globally
Looking at the graphs provided by Downdetectorit is interesting to note a sudden and very marked spike in the number of reports in the last few hours, with over 26,000 reports concentrated in a narrow period of time. This is a typical scenario of global downturns: a long phase of normality, followed by an almost vertical growth in reports and, once the situation returns to normal, the line of reports progressively drops.
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X has not yet commented on the incident
The absence, at least for now, of official communications from X on the causes of the down syndrome does not allow us to know what gave rise to it all. In large online services, an interruption can result from a variety of factors: problems with the data centers, i.e. the physical structures that host the servers; configuration errors of content distribution networks or CDNs (Content Delivery Network), i.e. systems that serve data from nodes geographically close to users to make the use of content quicker, etc. Without public technical data provided by the X team, any assumptions remain as such.
