Elon Musk issues an apology for Twitter's performance, announces new feature as fake accounts grow

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, on Sunday took to Twitter to apologise for the microblogging platform "being super slow" in many countries.

Musk's apology comes days after Twitter abruptly suspended its $8 blue-tick monthly subscription service as fake accounts mushroomed, pushing the social network's CEO to bring back the "official" badge to some users.

"Btw, I’d like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries. App is doing >1000 poorly batched RPCs just to render a home timeline!" Musk tweeted.

Twitter is currently looking for ways to limit fake accounts on the social networking platform. Fake accounts purporting to be big brands have popped up with the blue check since the new roll-out, including Musk's Tesla and SpaceX, as well as Roblox, Nestle and Lockheed Martin.

Meanwhile, a number of users said the option to sign up for Twitter Blue, the $8 subscription service that comes with blue tick verification, had disappeared.

Musk on Sunday had said that Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a "parody" account will be permanently suspended without a warning.

He also assured everyone that Twitter will soon let organisations identify other accounts on the microblogging platform that are associated with them.

"Twitter feels increasingly alive," Musk wrote on the microblogging platform as he introduced the new feature which will start rolling out soon.

"Rolling out soon, Twitter will enable organizations to identify which other Twitter accounts are actually associated with them," the 51-year-old added.
According to Musk's recent tweets, Twitter Blue will return to the social network by the end of next week.

Meanwhile, the Tesla chief has also raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt on the day the company's trust and safety leader left the company.

Another update that Twitter will soon roll out for users is the 'Official' handle feature which will appear below the user's name on the profile and will only be available for select verified accounts including government officials, top bosses and major media companies.