8-Bit Elon Musk: Twitter Livestream Goes Awry, Becomes Meme Fest

Elon Musk began a Twitter live stream to identify areas of improvement like resolution — but it ended up becoming a beacon of meme fest and laughter. 

What Happened: On Wednesday, Musk initiated a live-stream, seemingly from Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, during which he kept laughing out loud at the stream’s quality, visibility of himself and the appearance of “hearts” on the screen. 

During the stream, Musk commented that they are testing Twitter’s live-streaming feature that uses Periscope code, an app the microblogging site acquired in 2015. A Twitter employee can be heard saying that the code still needs to be revised, which appears evident from the substandard quality of the live stream. 

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“It’s pretty low res. We definitely need to improve resolution,” said Musk during the stream.

As expected, Musk’s flawed live-stream, where he spent most of the time giggling at the camera, swiftly gained popularity, prompting thousands of his followers to join in. 

Musk perused the livestream chat and found it amusing when users called him “8-Bit Elon.” When informed that the live audience count was 27,000, he smiled at the camera and greeted, “Hello, everyone!” followed by laughter.

Here’s how netizens reacted to Musk’s sudden live-stream: 

Before Musk’s livestream crashed abruptly, the Twitter CEO informed viewers that they were testing the feature to “modify it accordingly.” The site may soon introduce new updates to improve its Twitter live-streaming capabilities.

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