The interview, which was hosted on X Spaces and scheduled to begin at 8PM ET Monday night, crashed immediately and didn’t begin until 42 minutes later.
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18 minutes after the conversation was supposed to begin, Musk claimed that X was the target of a “massive DDOS attack” that had made it impossible for the Space to proceed as planned.
The rest of X appears to be working normally, however, and a source at the company confirmed to The Verge that there wasn’t actually a denial-of-service attack. Another X staffer said there was a “99 percent” chance Elon was lying about an attack
But he’s always gotta be a victim–ddos makes him one. Those trans gender hackers are trying to make him look bad or whatever.
Too many people coming to watch reminds the alphas and lone wolves that there’s a lot of others alphas and lone wolves which kinda defeats the whole “there can only be 1” mentality a lot of them like to reserve for themselves. Ok so that’s a stretch but who tf knows with these people anymore
In which case it was a distributed denial of service. But it wasn’t an intentional attack, we wanted to hear you dig your graves more, it was the result of your shitty software not able to hold any kind of load.
Ever since Elon bought Twitter, he massively fired anyone involved in making it work. Now it runs like shit, and spews, mostly, shit.
It’s no shock that such an event (a widely-viewed like video event) would immediately cause it to crash, since anyone who knew about how to make this work left or was fired long ago, and the goose-steppers who stuck around for shit pay and worse treatment can’t do any better than this.
what happened with the livestream? i did not (and will not) watch it but I’m curious what problems they had
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219121/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-x-twitter-crashes
That’s such a stupid lie too. A much better one would be “so many people were trying to watch it and it crashed!”
With all the bullshit these people spew on a daily basis you’d think they’d be better at it…
But he’s always gotta be a victim–ddos makes him one. Those trans gender hackers are trying to make him look bad or whatever.
Too many people coming to watch reminds the alphas and lone wolves that there’s a lot of others alphas and lone wolves which kinda defeats the whole “there can only be 1” mentality a lot of them like to reserve for themselves. Ok so that’s a stretch but who tf knows with these people anymore
More like Elon’s narcissism won’t let him admit that his beloved company made a mistake.
Then again, how hard would it be to DDOS a live stream? I would probably celebrate if it turns out the gay furry hackers came back for round 2.
In which case it was a distributed denial of service. But it wasn’t an intentional attack, we wanted to hear you dig your graves more, it was the result of your shitty software not able to hold any kind of load.
Wikipedia has an entry on it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect
While I’m not sure that a flash crowd is a DoS, it is extremely similar to a DDoS attack making it difficult to detect.
I think a flash crowd is distinct from a DoS, tho. Even if flash crowds can often be initially categorised as a DDoS
When you’re an idiot, a DDOS attack and actual web traffic are indistinguishable.
Especially when you fire/drive out the majority of your operations and security teams.
What, Musk lying?? How unusual.
“by the Dems” of course. It’s not precise unless you’re creating an enemy. With followers adding on crazy shit like “must be the FBI and CIA”.
Couldn’t be that Musk doesn’t know how to run Twitter. No. A conspiracy makes much more sense.
You accidentally forgot to instill fear. The Dems sounds harmless. It has to be ‘radical left Antifa baby murderer hunter killers’.
Me: Please be the gay furry hackers!
So you’re saying there’s still a chance?
Ever since Elon bought Twitter, he massively fired anyone involved in making it work. Now it runs like shit, and spews, mostly, shit.
It’s no shock that such an event (a widely-viewed like video event) would immediately cause it to crash, since anyone who knew about how to make this work left or was fired long ago, and the goose-steppers who stuck around for shit pay and worse treatment can’t do any better than this.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Don’t forget the time he barged into Twitter HQ and just started unplugging racks because the team was moving “too slow”.
I respect that the tech contractor noped out and refused to help him move the racks. Musk had to get security to help him 🤣