DeSantis Twitter event marred by glitches

 

The launch of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential bid during a live-streamed Twitter conversation with CEO Elon Musk was marred by technical glitches.  Wednesday's event experienced several minutes of technical issues, including echoing, hot mic moments, and crashes, before abruptly cutting out for half an hour. Over 500,000 Twitter users initially joined the Twitter Spaces event for live audio. It was abruptly ended and restarted, causing a nearly 30-minute delay. Audio interruptions and tech failures caused many users to be dropped from the conversation, or unable to rejoin. Eventually, it was shifted to moderator David Sacks's Twitter account, with the number of listeners falling to 250,000. Users flooded the platform with the trending hashtag #DeSaster, overshadowing the campaign kickoff event. Twitter has seen increased outages since Musk's acquisition in late October, which also corresponds to mass layoffs impacting over 80% of its workforce.