{"id":53789,"date":"2025-11-11T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53789"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:59:19","slug":"otaku-friendly-twitter-clone-pommu-suspends-services-for-the-time-being-due-to-malfunctions-and-higher-than-expected-traffic-re-start-date-tbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/otaku-friendly-twitter-clone-pommu-suspends-services-for-the-time-being-due-to-malfunctions-and-higher-than-expected-traffic-re-start-date-tbd\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Otaku-friendly&#8221; Twitter clone Pommu suspends services for the time being due to malfunctions and higher than expected traffic. Re-start date TBD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Digital comic and game platform DLsite\u2019s parent company Eisys recently <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japans-dlsite-launches-otaku-friendly-twitter-clone-and-its-already-becoming-a-haven-for-adult-themed-artwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched its new social media platform<\/a> <strong>Pommu<\/strong>,dubbed the \u201csecret hideout for otaku\u201d and heavily marketed towards anime, manga and video game artists and fans alike. Debuting on November 5, the \u201cdemo version\u201d of the platform ran for less than a week before being suddenly suspended for maintenance. On November 10, Pommu\u2019s official X account announced that the social media service will be halted for an indefinite period of time due to numerous bugs and malfunctions being discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010Pommu\u306e\u518d\u958b\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\ud83d\udce1\u3011<br>\u8907\u6570\u306e\u30d0\u30b0\u304c\u767a\u899a\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u73fe\u5728\u6539\u4fee\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01<br>\u3064\u3044\u3067\u306b\u3001\u904b\u7528\u30fb\u4fdd\u5b88\u4f53\u5236\u3082\u898b\u76f4\u3057\u3092\u884c\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01<br><br>\u305d\u306e\u305f\u3081\u73fe\u6642\u70b9\u3067\u518d\u958b\u4e88\u5b9a\u306f\u3010\u672a\u5b9a\u3011\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u304c\u3001\u305c\u3063\u305f\u3044\u518d\u958b\u3059\u308b\u306e\u3067\u3001\u3086\u308b\u308a\u3068\u304a\u5f85\u3061\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<br><br>\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044\u76f4\u3059\u305e\uff5e\uff5e\uff5e\uff01\uff01<\/p>&mdash; \u30a2\u30c6\u30ca\u3061\u3083\u3093\uff20DL\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u24f2 (@DLch_Athena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLch_Athena\/status\/1987792942460026995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Only two days after the platform\u2019s launch, Pommu\u2019s management team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DLch_Athena\/status\/1986720281495294034?s=20\">reported <\/a>that traffic from new users and visitors was greater than anticipated, causing it to slow down, especially late in the night. They also expressed concern about the website possibly becoming even heavier during the weekend, asking users to report if they experience any difficulties accessing the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">Pommu\u3001\u4e00\u65e6\u30e1\u30f3\u30c6\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u306f\u3044\u308a\u307e\u3059\uff01\u5bfe\u5fdc\u65b9\u91dd\u6c7a\u307e\u308b\u307e\u3067\u518d\u958b\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u518d\u958b\u4e88\u5b9a\u306f\u6708\u66dc\u65e5\u4ee5\u964d\u3067\u3059\uff01\u3054\u3081\u3093\u306a\u3055\u3044\uff5e\uff01<\/p>&mdash; \u30a2\u30c6\u30ca\u3061\u3083\u3093\uff20DL\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u24f2 (@DLch_Athena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLch_Athena\/status\/1987303915034190133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, it seems like the website was barely able to survive the weekend, because on Sunday morning (November 9), the team behind Pommu announced that the platform will be entering maintenance, with the resumption date scheduled for \u201c after Monday, until we determine a clear course of action for how to the problem.\u201d On Monday, November 10, the Pommu official account followed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DLch_Athena\/status\/1987792942460026995?s=20\">an update<\/a>, stating that they are currently working on bug fixes as well as revisions of the management and maintenance team. It is still unclear when services will be resumed, but the management team asks users to be patient, as the website repairs might take a while to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it hasn\u2019t been disclosed what kind of issues the Pommu management is currently dealing with, users speculate that the malfunctions came as a result of an overwhelming influx of spam and troll accounts, specifically from overseas. Taking into consideration that the website was slowing down especially late in the night (JST), it wouldn\u2019t be surprising that there is some truth to this theory, though it is best to wait for follow-up announcements. Luckily, as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DLch_Athena\/status\/1987796216168735157?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> in a recent X post, it seems like the team is taking it slow and approaching the maintenance period with a positive attitude. 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