Beyond Hype
The stock market’s romance with technological disruption has once again collided with an inconvenient reality: even the most visionary companies must eventually be judged by their ability to generate sustainable profits.
As Meta suffered a massive outage on Tuesday across its platforms, Elon Musk took a dig at Mark Zuckerberg-run services, posting a meme where X is seen as the captain leading the team of Instagram, Facebook and Threads as Penguins.
In one of the worst outages for Meta, its entire family of apps — Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads — went down for millions across the globe, including in India, as users were thrown out from their accounts.
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The users took to X to write about their woes, as it was the only social media platform working.
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Musk also posted a meme with X leading the team of apps, along with an image of a post by Meta spokesperson Andy Stone.
“We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now,” posted Stone on X.
Musk said: “If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working”.
Earlier in the day, the tech billionaire said that he is ready to fight Zuckerberg anywhere, anytime, with any rules.
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