Twitter users and haters alike have had no problem airing their grievances about changes to the platform since Tesla CEO Elon Musk took over at the end of the year past
While Musk stands by his claims that the sweeping changes he’s made, such as removing legacy blue marks from verified profiles and allowing Twitter Blue subscribers to edit their tweets after they’ve been posted, are improvements for the better , is now being roasted by apparently. taking a step back with Twitter’s new live streaming feature.
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The billionaire tested the new feature on Wednesday by broadcasting live to his 138 million Twitter followers.
However, users quickly noticed that the stream was pixelated and low-resolution throughout the 4-minute-26-second live video.
“We’re just testing the live video feature so we can see if it works and we can tweak it accordingly,” Musk says during the stream.
He and another Twitter employee confirm in the video that the code they’re using to power the live stream comes from 2015 code for Periscope, a live streaming app that was acquired by Twitter before its official standalone launch and which was discontinued in 2021.
Musk’s stream peaked at roughly 150,000 live viewers before the video crashed and ended, though the clip, which now lives on his Twitter profile, has since been viewed more than 9 .2 million times.
Many Twitter users retweeted Musk’s stream and lamented the poor quality of the video.
OK. Here is my prediction. If Elon starts dominating live streaming, the internet will break. But it probably won’t be with 8-bit Twitter live streams anymore. I think now we’ll finally be able to do Twitter live streams that don’t look like the camera is a potato
— TesLatino (@TesLatino) May 3, 2023
POV: You’ve spent 45 billion on this app pic.twitter.com/u6VryUMkem
— Bark (@barkmeta) May 3, 2023
Is he on Mars?…or using an iPhone 2
— Bert (@JerseysSports10) May 3, 2023
Why does Skype look like 1997?
— Ralph Y (@RalphYA88) May 3, 2023
Is it a 50,000 BC camera?
— Cãlin (@Callingjin) May 3, 2023
Musk has not elaborated further on his plans for live streaming on the app.
