DeSantis campaign launch livestream meltdown reaffirms Twitter’s tech decline
BIG HOPES, DASHED
What should have been a 21st century digital political coming out party quickly turned into an unmitigated technological meltdown as Twitter’s servers failed under the load of an estimated 600,000 visitors. The plan was for Elon Musk to introduce the Florida governor in a Twitter Space virtual livestream, then have DeSantis take the stage and announce his bid. But it quickly devolved into a string of glitchy audio as Musk and his team wrestled with technology that refused to cooperate.
After about 20 minutes, Twitter pulled the plug on the livestream. When...