A recent employee stated that Twitter is at 50% risk of major outages during the World Cup.
The informer, spoke to the UK’s ObserverNewspaper on condition of anonymity. He reported that he saw a “rough World Cup for Twitter.”
The former employee is armed with working knowledge of Twitter’s Command Centre which tends to the site’s functionality in case of traffic spikes and data outages. The ObserverAccording to reports, a third of the small team might have left the company in recent weeks.
According to the informer, the newspaper was told that:
- The site could be offline due to such a large outage during the World Cup
- Service interruptions or delays are not allowed. “almost a certainty”During the month-long competition
- Users will not see 90% of the errors they make.
- The platform is “likely to struggle with traffic at kickoff, and may crash”
He said that he was anxious for the World Cup to begin, and that it would be a great opportunity to express his feelings. “I couldn’t do anything to help.”
These revelations follow Elon Musk’s swift decision on taking control of Twitter to fire half the workforce, and the departure of many others on the back of his missive to staff last week, demanding they sign a loyalty pledge to double down on hours and effort.
The Twitter boss is optimistic about the possibility of covering the tournament and tweets to encourage followers not to forget to follow the platform for the most up-to-date coverage and commentary.