X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, went down for tens of thousands of users Friday morning. More than 78,000 outages were reported as of 10:16 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector.
I got rid of pretty much all my social media years ago, and I've been a happier, freer man ever since. But I'd be lying if there wasn't part of me that still desires that dopamine fix of scrolling ...