Technical difficulties proceed to plague the livestream function on X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter, after a stay video with the corporate’s proprietor, Elon Musk, froze because the billionaire visited Eagle Cross on the U.S.-Mexico border.
On Thursday, Musk was trying to report stay from the scene on the border whereas donning sun shades and a big, black cowboy hat.
“They’re being overwhelmed by unprecedented numbers – simply hit an all-time excessive and nonetheless rising,” Musk mentioned of the migrants forward of his journey. “Am going to go to Eagle Cross later this week to see what is going on on for myself.”
The video lasted about 4 minutes earlier than the stream utterly froze with about 5 million X customers tuned in.
Went to the Eagle Cross border crossing to see what’s actually happening pic.twitter.com/ADYY2XvAKT
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 29, 2023
“I used to be a bit apprehensive so many individuals would possibly go on it that it crashes,” Musk mentioned within the quick clip.
In line with New York Instances reporter Ryan Mac, Musk then frantically despatched a three-word electronic mail to all workers at X that learn: “Please repair this.”
Elon Musk went to the Texas-Mexico border to do a livestream about immigration. The video had a couple of technical difficulties after which finally froze.
A couple of minutes in the past, Musk despatched a three-word company-wide electronic mail: “Please repair this.” pic.twitter.com/kPKfHj7bCW
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) September 28, 2023
Musk restarted the livestream a couple of minutes later; it ran for about 13 minutes.
X’s live-streaming capabilities have not labored properly up to now. When testing Twitter’s previous know-how in Could on his profile, even Musk commented on the low high quality and pixelation.
“We’re simply testing the stay video function so we will see if it really works, and we will modify it accordingly,” he mentioned throughout the stream on the time.
X didn’t instantly reply to Entepreneur’s request for remark.
