Thousands of users of X (formerly known as Twitter) have been reporting issues with using the social media site.

A huge spike in reports of the app and website being down emerged at around 3pm today (Saturday, September 7) on Downdetector.

More than 2,000 reports have been made at the time of writing.

Many shared that they were having issues with their timeline and posts loading.

Despite the issues, some people were still able to post on X, with one person sharing: "my twitter is broken, it's not letting me see any tweets."

Another put: "is it just me or is twitter down" with thousands of others sharing similar comments on the site.

What is Downdetector?

Downdetector is an online website that allows users of popular services including X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, Virgin Media and more to report if they are having trouble with the services.

The site only reports an incident when the number of problem reports is significantly higher than the typical volume for that time of day.

Describing itself on its website, Downdetector is “where people go when services don’t work.”

The website monitors disruptions to various key services including the internet, web hosting platforms, banks, social media and more.

You can see the full methodology and learn more about how Downdetector collects status information and detects problems via its website.

In short, users can get involved by submitting any issue reports on the platform.

Problem indicators are also collected from social media and other factors on the web, Downdetector explained.

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These reports are then validated and analysed in real time.

An incident is then detected if the number of reports is significantly higher than the typical average for that particular service.

When a user goes to investigate the issue, they can see what the most reported problems are currently and check if their areas are in one of the outage hotspots.

Do you use Downdetector? Let us know in the comments.