SOCIAL NETWORK Internet users started commenting on the death of Twitter… on Twitter
The hashtags #RIPTwitter and #TwitterDown have emerged since Thursday on the network social. — Jeff Chiu/AP/SIPA
Nothing is going well for the social network of the blue bird. As departures multiply within the platform, bought by Elon Musk on October 27 for 44 billion dollars, many users are wondering today if the end of Twitter is near. The hashtags #RIPTwitter and #TwitterDown have emerged; since Thursday on the social network, even rising to the top of trending topics.
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Internet users have thus started to comment on the death of Twitter… on Twitter. “ And… we just hit a new peak in twitter usage, lol” Elon Musk, tweeting a pirate flag at skull and a meme (parodic image), showing a man with a blue bird face, posing in front of a tomb also masked with a blue bird, as if Twitter was hilariously attending to his own funeral.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
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“ Come to my Instagram, we are well”
It was enough for Internet users to get started. their turn to comment on the death of the platform. Some, like Elon Musk, preferred play the card of irony and self-mockery by posting humorous memes. “Twitter currently looks like Twitter a late night at; 6:30 a.m. or everyone is between drunkenness and a hangover and wonders where? go after #RIPTwitter #TwitterOFF” an internet user.
Les twittos lundi matin à 8h quand Twitter sera Dead pic.twitter.com/7koQ1FNAb2
— D. Kprio 🇹🇳 (@ChopperBY)
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Others have benefited from it; to share their Mastodon, Instagram or LinkedIn accounts. “I found; a small app not stung by beetles to replace Twitter in case of #RIPTwitter, you know #Facebook ?” or “ Oh no… Twitter is going to shut down, oh my! severe; 😞. Come to my Instagram, we are well”, wrote Internet users.
Fears of a closure or a general malfunction of the social network have been also pushed many Internet users at; save their tweets. For those who wish to keep track of their activity, Twitter offers a function allowing you to download the archives of all its published tweets.