Musk and Trump break the internet with more than 73 million hits on Space and delays due to a "cyberattack"
The Republican's campaign took advantage of user anticipation around the event to raise money and cut into the gap with Kamala Harris' campaign there.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump rallied hundreds of thousands of people for their conversation at X/ Frederic J. Brown- Brenden Smialowski
Donald Trump and Elon Musk had social media users on edge over their announced interview on Space by X for Monday night, August 12. The anticipation was such that more than 73 million people logged into the event. However, the live event experienced some technical issues and the platform's owner accused a "cyberattack" as being the cause of the delay of the event.
The event on Space by X, formerly known as Twitter, was scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern time, but had to be delayed for a few minutes because of the technical difficulties previously mentioned. It was Musk himself who took it upon himself to explain the situation on his account.
The 73 million hits were not simultaneous. According to the social network's data, 4 million posts were published in relation to the interview during the time it lasted alone. These posts generated a total of 998 million views in that time frame.
"There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on X. We are working to shut it down. Worst case scenario, we will continue with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later," he wrote, also clarifying that it was not a system crash due to the large amount of users since they tested the system previously with a simulation of 8 million users online.
Approximately 40 minutes later, the conversation started and again surpassed 1 million live listeners. "As this massive attack illustrates, there's a lot of opposition to people simply listening to what President Trump has to say," Musk noted.
In turn, an image of Trump ready for the interview on Space soon went viral on the social network. The former president was smiling, with a tie-dyed microphone and his cell phone on the table, ready for a long conversation with Musk.
The Republican's campaign did not hesitate to take advantage of the fundraising event. "This is the biggest interview in history, and now, we're asking you to make this President Trump's BIGGEST FUNDRAISING DAY! Before the interview ends, we're calling on TEN MILLION patriots to donate ANY AMOUNTand proudly say, I SUPPORT TRUMP!" they posted on X.
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