People are saying goodbye on social media.
A lot of the site's users are scrambling to download their data because of the #RIPTwittertrend.
Martin Lewis, a consumer champion with 2m followers, has set himself up on Mastodon, but he admits he doesn't know how to use it yet.
A meme of a gravestone with a logo on it was posted by Musk.
Half of the workforce was laid off by Mr Musk one week after he completed his purchase of the platform, and many more are choosing to leave since he sent an email demanding "hardcore" working conditions.
According to their bios, quite a few of those leaving are engineers, developers and coders.
The blue bird can be knocked off its perch very quickly.
A catastrophic hack is the most obvious one.
All big websites are under attack from bad actors who want to cause trouble. It's a low-hanging fruit for a hacker wanting a lot of people to see their scam, as we have seen before, if the world leaders, politicians and celebrities have personalTwitter accounts with millions of followers.
They may want it to disappear so they bombard it with web traffic to see if it gets overwhelmed. There will be attempts like this all the time.
Any 21st century company's day-to-day operations should include cyber security. Last week, the head of cyber security at the social networking site was left. We don't know if they were replaced. There's no easy way to get in touch withTwitter.
The security of the social network is likely to be strong. It's not possible to run a site that has 300 million users every month. Continuation maintenance is required for that robustness.
You have to install security updates on your phone or computer. It's the job of the provider to send you a fix for the chinks in the armour that you didn't know you had.
The second potential disaster is that the server are knocked out, either by someone with a grudge, or by mistake, during routine maintenance.
Without a server, there is no social media.
The physical bodies of these platforms are similar to the server's. They can be found in data centers. The warehouses are full of computer server which are central to the operations of online businesses There is a world on the server.
All of those machines produce a lot of heat. The data centre needs a constant source of electricity.
Maintenance and replacement are required for the server itself. Something could go wrong with all of that. If it did, it would be dramatic.
Musk is aware of all this. We shouldn't assume that he doesn't. He could play the buffoon.
We don't know who is watching us.
Something happened to me yesterday that made me wonder if there are more people at the micro-blogging site.
The astronomer was locked out of her account after falling foul of automated moderation tools. Nobody at Mr Musk's other firms contacted her. Later that day, her account was restored.
Someone was paying attention to something on the micro-messaging site. Maybe there are more of them who are doing that.
The third option is the nuclear one, which means that Musk will declare bankrupt and the company will go down. He seems to be enjoying his position as chief twit.
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October 27th, 2022.
A number of the company's top executives were fired immediately after Musk completed his takeover.
Before taking charge of the company, Musk changed his profile to read "chief twit" and then went to San Francisco to carry a sink.
27 October.
Musk said he's not yet made any changes to the company's regulations. A new council with widely diverse viewpoints will meet before any policy changes are made.
29 Oct.
"Hateful conduct has no place here," said the head of trust and safety. The company is taking action against users who are involved in a campaign of online harassment.
30 Oct.
An article about an attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband was false, according to Musk. In the past, the site has published inaccurate stories and Musk later deleted his account.
31 Oct.
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if Trump is coming back on this platform, I'd be rich.
Musk wore a "Devil's champion" costume and posed for photos at a halloween party.
1st of November.
Stephen King criticized Musk for saying that we need to pay the bills.
4th of November.
The employees at the company are being told if they have lost their jobs by email. There is no choice when the company is losing over $4 million a day, according to Musk.
The head of trust and safety tried to assure users and advertisers that the moderation capacity of the platform remained intact despite the layoffs.
5November
Jack Dorsey apologized to staff who lost their jobs after he broke his silence over the Musk takeover.
5 November
When accounts were given a warning first, Musk announced that they would be permanently suspended.
A number of accounts that changed their names to make fun of the billionaire had already been suspended.
9th of November
In his first email to the staff, Musk warned that the economic picture was dire and that there was a good chance that the company wouldn't survive.
A fake George W Bush account that says "I miss killing Iraqis" is one of a number of parody accounts that appear to be verified.
10 Nov.
The head of trust and safety and the chief security officer resigned.
11 Nov.
After the initial bumpy roll-out of the service, the option to subscribe is no longer available. The launch of the service has been delayed to the end of November to make sure that it is rock solid, according to Musk.
11 November
Thousands of contractors have had their contracts terminated, according to reports. Platformer says as many as 80% of its contractor workforce were laid off, but the company did not make an official announcement.
16th of November.
In a late-night email, Musk told employees that they had to commit to a "hardcore" culture or leave the company.
17th ofNovember
The company offices will be closed for a short period of time. There were reports that a lot of staff had resigned.
The best people are staying so I'm not worried.
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