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Tweetdeck down: Twitter app stops working for people around the world as 'something went wrong' error appears

Reports of problems from Norway to New York

Monday 01 July 2019 20:34 BST

A banner with the logo of Twitter is set on the front of the New York Stock Exchange (Getty Images)

Tweetdeck is down with users across North America and Europe reporting problems accessing the site.

Hundreds of people from Norway to New York and beyond said they were experiencing an outage.

TweetDeck, which is owned by Twitter, is a social media dashboard application that allows users to manage their accounts.

The firm said: "We are aware that some people are having issues with loading TweetDeck. Our team is working to resolve the issue."

Monitoring site Outage Report showed more than 300 people had problems with the site.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

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11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Turn on Night Mode

Twitter’s dark blue Night Mode is a lot easier on your eyes than its regular, vibrant theme. On the site, you can enable it by clicking your profile photo (on the right-hand side of the bar at the top of the screen) and selecting Night Mode. On Android and iOS, you need to tap your profile picture at the top of the screen and select Night Mode.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Lengthen your tweets

A “small group” of users are no longer restricted by Twitter’s 140-character tweet limit. Even if you’re not a chosen one, you can double your limit to 280 characters on desktop by downloading the Tampermonkey plugin, going to https://gist.github.com/Prof9/c16fc4997e0ef5b22a15c43edd7f5f49, clicking Raw and then Install.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Improve search

Twitter’s regular search tool can be a little messy, but Advanced Search makes it much easier for you to find specific things. Go to https://twitter.com/search-advanced and filter your search by word, hashtag, exact phrase, location, date and account.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Disable read receipts

Like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, Twitter’s direct messaging service shows you when your messages have been seen by the person you sent them to. You can disable read receipts though. On Android, iOS and the site, go to Settings and Privacy, click on Privacy and Safety and disable read receipts.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Monitor your tweets

Retweets and Likes only form part of the story, as far as tweet engagement is concerned. You can view a lot more information about how people have reacted to your updates, including the number of times they’ve been seen and the number of times people have interacted with them. Just open your tweets and hit the View Tweet Activity button.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Trim the fat

If you feel like you’re drowning in push notifications, you can cut down the number you receive from Twitter by going to Settings, Notifications, Push Notifications and deselecting the types of notifications you wouldn’t like to receive. You can also enable sleep settings, which allow you to switch off all mobile updates during certain hours of the day. On the site, go to Settings, Mobile and select your hours.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Save data

You can stop videos from playing automatically on desktop and the Twitter app. On the site, you can do this by going to Settings, Account, Video Tweets and unchecking Video Autoplay. On both the Android and iOS versions of the app, go to Settings, General, Data Usage, Video Autoplay, and choose between Mobile data & Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Only, and Never.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Save even more data

You can save even more data and completely transform your timeline in the process by disabling images. Just go to Settings, Data Usage and uncheck the Image Previews box.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Customise your profile

Editing your Twitter profile is really straightforward, just go to your profile and click the large Edit Profile button. However, there’s one customisation option that’s easy to miss. As well as your name, bio and profile photos, you can change your colour scheme. The option is only available on the Twitter site, and is sandwiched between the Website and Birthday sections.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Browse properly

One of the Twitter app’s most annoying features is its in-app browser, which links automatically open up in. You can sacrifice it for your favourite mobile browser by going to Settings, Display and Sound and unchecking the Use In-App Browser box.

11 useful Twitter features you might not know about

Subscribe to tweets

You can set up alerts that let you know whenever a certain account tweets, but it’s a two-stage process. First, on the app, go to Settings, Notifications, Push Notifications, Tweets and turn the toggle button on. Then open the profile page of the account you want to receive notifications from, tap the Bell icon next to the Following button and choose between All Tweets, Only Live Video and Off.

The main Twitter site was still up and running, however.

One wrote: "#Tweetdeck is completely broken and I'm lost."

Another said: "Tweetdeck down for anyone else? Sending this from the dotcom like it's 2009."

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