Twitter Fails: From Elon Musk's 'Spaces' Disaster to DeSantis Glitches and Partisan Transformations

Elon Musk's announcement on Twitter's "Spaces" feature that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would formally enter the GOP presidential race turned into a debacle as Twitter's mobile app repeatedly crashed and users complained they were unable to hear the broadcast. Despite Musk's 140.8 million Twitter followers, fewer than 300,000 managed to tune in for the DeSantis chat. The Twitter Space had 900,000 concurrent viewers at one point, but more than two-thirds bailed or were unable to listen because of the tech issues by the time DeSantis was able to begin.