Just when you thought the Elon Musk tech rollercoaster couldn’t get wilder, X/Twitter decided to throw another digital tantrum.

On a seemingly ordinary Friday, the platform went dark faster than Musk’s reputation, leaving users staring at blank screens and questioning their digital reality. The timing? Suspiciously perfect, coinciding with a bombshell New York Times report detailing Musk’s alleged drug use during the Trump campaign trail.

A Platform in Perpetual Chaos

With three outages in just a week, X/Twitter is looking less like a social media giant and more like a tech startup running on caffeine and chaos. Users across the US and India reported seeing nothing but a sad “Find some people and topics to follow” message - because apparently, that’s the best Musk’s platform could muster.

The Musk Defense Playbook

Right on cue, Musk dismissed the NYT report as “pure propaganda,” a move so predictable it could be a drinking game. The Developer Platform status page screamed “Site-wide outage” while tech enthusiasts collectively rolled their eyes.

Digital Disruption or Strategic Distraction?

Was this another glitch in the matrix, or a convenient smokescreen for the mounting criticism? With Musk’s track record, who can really tell? The platform was back online by 2:15 pm Pacific time, leaving users to wonder: is this just another day in the wild world of X/Twitter?