by standardUser on 8/13/24, 12:27 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 8/13/24, 12:57 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 8/13/24, 12:30 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 8/13/24, 12:46 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 8/13/24, 2:31 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 8/13/24, 12:37 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 8/13/24, 12:36 AM
I imagine more than a few former Twitter infra folks are really enjoying their popcorn right now.