Elon Musk madness threatens Twitter’s existence: Expert

Elon Musk, the new Twitter specialist, may have accidentally deleted the social media app, according to a tech expert.

Musk completed his £37 billion buyout of the site last month, and has since fired hundreds of employees and ordered those who remain to “refine” the way the site and its apps work.

However, earlier this week, he was mocked for shutting off all of the Android app’s “micro services,” effectively killing the most widely used method of secure login – Two Factor Authentication.

Normally, a user would receive a text message with a code to enter when login onto the site for the first time or in a new location, but shutting off the micro services meant that the system Twitter uses to send out the codes was turned off.

This meant that millions of people would be unable to access their own accounts if they logged out.

It also corresponds with Musk’s alteration of the verification mechanism, as well as the addition, removal, and re-addition of a “official” label to specific accounts.

According to a top IT expert, the “entire tech industry” is waiting for Tesla’s founder to “incidentally” delete the entire site.

Speaking to the Daily Star while keeping anonymous for fear of being tracked down by “Musk’s army of trolls,” they stated, “This is becoming utter madness.”

“He’s experimenting with the site in real-time, but has no actual clue what he’s doing – and he’s sacked those who did.”

“There is a very real chance that all of this tinkering is going to end up with him deleting the website by mistake with no chance of being able to get it back.”

“Musk in genuinely threatening the very existence of the social media site, which some people in certain countries rely on as a lifeline for vital information – such as in times of war, or in countries where access to free media is limited.”

“The entire technology community is sitting back, waiting for him to f*** this up so badly, and it will happen at some point.”

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