• by standardUser on 8/13/2024, 12:27:41 AM

    I'm not sure why we should believe Musk after this very same platform failed the last time he had a high profile guest. And what platform should be more prepared for denial of service attacks that freaking X??

  • by feyman_r on 8/13/2024, 12:57:15 AM

    The fact that the rest of Twitter is online, Spaces requires logging in, and that their auth is online makes me feel maybe it’s lack of prep and not a DDoS.

    Even if it’s a DDoS, proper preparation for an event of thing kind would require mitigation capabilities to be put in place, which apparently weren’t. Feels like excuses either way.

  • by ko_pivot on 8/13/2024, 12:30:43 AM

    Obviously this could be true, but also could be Musk saving face due to X streaming infra buckling under a heavy volume of legit requests. It’s happened before.

  • by 42lux on 8/13/2024, 12:46:38 AM

    When we look back at the DeSantis livestream it looks like infra is telling him again it's a ddos instead of fixing the underlying problems. They never get the resources to really fix it... Rinse repeat?

  • by jerojero on 8/13/2024, 2:31:44 AM

    This seems to happen quite frequently. I think every time they've tried to do a "big" event there's been technical problems.

    I worry for the payment processor app he is going to launch.

  • by zzzeek on 8/13/2024, 12:37:24 AM

    it's only a DDOS if you consider your own users logging into your poorly managed servers to be the service deniers

  • by ethagnawl on 8/13/2024, 12:36:57 AM

    I imagine more than a few former Twitter infra folks are really enjoying their popcorn right now.