Twitter hits some technical turbulence
SAN FRANCISCO—Twitter appeared to be grappling with technical troubles on Tuesday, disabling a new home page as well as a “Trends” feature at the popular microblogging service.
“We’re disabling #NewTwitter,” the startup’s support team said in a message tweeted at 4 pm (2300 GMT). “Our engineers are working on re-enabling it.”
Twitter earlier said it was working to resolve problems displaying timelines and “elevated error rates.”
Article continues after this advertisementThree hours later, Twitter sent out word that it had disabled a Trends feature for all users.
The problems came a day after Twitter introduced homepage improvements that included letting people follow accounts based on interests.
Previously, searches were based on keywords and Twitter accounts were suggested on a list if they contained the search terms.
Article continues after this advertisement“When you search for a topic, you can now discover accounts that are relevant to that particular subject,” Twitter spokeswoman Carolyn Penner said in a blog post.
“You can search for general topics, like funny or sports, or be more specific — try Manchester United, NASCAR or Formula One.”