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Re: Twitter now reliable?

ADHD Child — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:44:13 -0000

Like Tony Dee, I too have read plenty about the usefulness of Twitter but I just can't see it! Strange but true.

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tony greene — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:31:53 -0000

I have fooled around with the twitter and have come to the conclusion that I am totally confused about its usefulness.

Re: Twitter now reliable?

Ryan — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:14:30 -0000

Wait.. there seems to be a flaw in this logic.

1. Twitter has always been slow.
2. This one time, it wasn't slow.

therefore, twitter is now reliable.

I think only time will tell. Perhaps SXSW just wasn't as big as you thought it was, and there wasn't the as much stress as your other "really important in the valley but nobody on the east coast cares about" conferences were putting on the server.

Just a thought.

Re: Twitter now reliable?

Trevor — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:16:25 -0000

I think using SXSW as a test of Twitter's reliability might be a little out of touch. According to their website, about 7,000 people go. A lot more than 7,000 people watched the Superbowl (or participated in other events that brought twitter down).

I'm not saying they aren't more reliable, but I'm not sure if SXSW is the tough test.

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hobgadlng — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:19:44 -0000

Twitter is fueling our ADHD! Make it stop!

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Justin Thorp — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:08 -0000

That's awesome that the Twitter Dev team started a blog. just added it to my reader.

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Fred Brunel — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:48:07 -0000

Well, Twitter has definitely improved but it still went down during the iPhone SDK announcement.

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Colin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:04:24 -0000

Hey Robert ... totally off topic, I just noticed your work information on the blog is er ... slightly out of date. One of the downsides of RSS .. I only just noticed.

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Michael Lane — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:09:06 -0000

I wonder if this has anything to do with the move from Joyent to NTT (if I remember correctly). I'd love more details from the Twitter tech team.

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Scabr — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:58:27 -0000

Twitter improved remarkably.Long trend?

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Chris Thomson — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:52:57 -0000

Yep, I agree, it's definitely gotten better. Now would be a good time for them to up the requests/hour to 80, 90 or 100. I go insane if I can't get that many updates/hour.

I'm glad Twitter is doing better now, because without it, I feel 'out-of-the-loop'. Haha :)

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William Tildesley — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:18:21 -0000

Yep, It's much more reliable, also I've noticed a MASSIVE influx of people following me, anyone else?

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Rachel — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:36:33 -0000

Weird...just about to go into a presentation by Jeff Barr at BarCampBrighton