If you signed out of Twitter today against your will, you’re not alone.
Around 3 p.m. ET Monday (according to Down Detector(opens in a new tab)), legions of Twitter users began reporting that the site had forced them out of their accounts, with some users reporting that they were unable to return immediately. A quick search for “disconnected” turned up dozens of accounts, large and small, reporting this issue. At the time of writing, the issue appears to be isolated to the Twitter web client, not the smartphone apps.
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In fact, this happened to me while I was finding these tweets and writing this article. Amusing!
Of course, that’s not the only problem Twitter has had since Musk took over late last year, or heck, even since April. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a bug that restored lost checkmarks for formerly verified users, a fake Disney account that was mistakenly verified, and an intentional decision to put verified answers at the top of every answer thread.
OK, that last one isn’t technically a problem, but it To made the site much worse to read.
Either way, if you’re logged out of desktop Twitter, know that you’re not alone.
