Was your X down? Users reported posts and comments were disappearing from Elon Musk’s platform for hours

Elon Musk’s X was down for thousands of users worldwide who reported their posts had disappeared from their profiles.

The problems started around 10am ET, but were over about three hours later. 

The outage plagued users in the US, the UK, parts of Europe and other countries, but it was unclear how many people were impacted. 

Issue reports received by DownDetector showed 47 percent of users are having problems with the app, 36 percent cited the website and 18 percent said posting.

Other problems included unsolvable captchas, losing followers and payments to creators being halted, according to one X member.  

X was flooded with users asking others if they see their posts because they are not showing up on profiles. 

The issue has caused some people to think they have been shadow banned from the platform, which is when someone is blocked from a social media site without knowledge.

They can still log in to their account and see content, but their posts will not be visible to others. 

Users shared that their posts are not staying on the site – one person said her tweets about the Wuhan coronavirus have disappeared 

Issue reports received by DownDetector showed 47 percent of users are having problems with the app, 36 percent cited the website and 18 percent said posting. Other problems included unsolvable captchas, losing followers and payments to creators being halted, according to one X member 

Issue reports to DownDetector appeared in the thousands, which was minor compared to other social media glitches that see hundreds of thousands.

The last time X had a major glitch was in April, which impacted posting and the main feed.

But, just like the current outage, some users had full access to the platform.