When Twitter was down…
By Nicole Kobie in Editorial
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Twitter was knocked offline yesterday, in a denial of service attack apparently targetted at just one user, a Georgian blogger.
But he wasn’t the only victim of the heinous attack. Millions of Twitterers were left without the ability to share 140-character bits and pieces of themselves with the world for hours at a time.
To help get over the trauma, Twitterers have been sharing their experiences over the still struggling site, under the “whentwitterwasdown” tag.
Here’re a few of the best.
Some chose to pick up on the 140 character limit:
@Irrelevantcrap : #whentwitterwasdown I picked up a book, read the first 140 characters and then lost interest.
@caitiejayne #whentwitterwasdown I read 46 books. But only got 140 charcters in. My attention span may be ruined forev…….look a pony
Others took digs at other social networking sites, like Facebook:
@lkswim2 this one time, #whentwitterwasdown i almost liked facebook again
@jtm289 #whentwitterwasdown I used facebook to update my status for the first time in months…
Some Twitterers didn’t know what to do with the thoughts bouncing around in their heads… how to share them?
@biancazed #whentwitterwasdown i said my thoughts out loud so that atleast i knew what i was thinking
@charlottexoxo: #whentwitterwasdown I wanted to tell my twitter friends that it was down… but I couldn’t. Strange stuff.
@MattJSour #whentwitterwasdown I was forced to have a conversation with another human…in person!
Some have us worried:
@BillCorbett #whentwitterwasdown I went right into survivalist mode, got my rifle, & stole my neighbor’s stash of energy drinks at gunpoint. (Sorry Bob.)
@Irrelevantcrap #whentwitterwasdown Chuck Norris was standing above it daring it to get back up.
A few tried to re-engage with the real world:
@JonDBishop #whentwitterwasdown I got so much work done … just wasn’t as much fun
@classybird_x #whentwitterwasdown i stepped outside and realised there was a real world out there. i didn’t like it because it was too hot.
And others were just smug:
@kostas22 #whentwitterwasdown I had no idea it was, because my life does not depend on it.
Who goes on Twitter to tweet about how much they don’t like to tweet? Maybe it’s just the shock getting to them…
See any funny #whentwitterwasdown messages? Drop us a line in the comments…
And, don’t forget, you can follow IT PRO on Twitter.
Rated: 100% (2 votes)
Loading ...Comment by - October 31, 2009 on 10:10 am
I saw this post late i mean today but i would i like to let you know that i am using twitter from so long time and i didn;t know that such things happened . Thanks for let us know about this.
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