Twitter is investigating widespread outage reports

If you’re reading this, you probably didn’t get here from Twitter . The service has been experiencing widespread reports of outages for at least an hour. The issue has impacted a range of different activities on the site, ranging from newsfeeds to the ability to tweet. The company has acknowledged the ongoing problem, noting on its official status page that it is investigating things:

Update – We are continuing to monitor as our teams investigate. More updates to come.

Oct 15, 22:31 UTC

Investigating – We are currently investigating this issue. More updates to come.

Oct 15, 21:56 UTC

Twitter responded to our request for comment, stating, “We know people are having trouble Tweeting and using Twitter. We’re working to fix this issue as quickly as possible. We’ll share more when we have it and Tweet from @TwitterSupport when we can – stay tuned.”