Twitter was down, but it’s gradually recovering—if you’re still not seeing it, please stop mashing the reload button; maybe go outside for a minute? Or there’s this other thing, called Google Plus. Who knows, you might like it.
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[Developing story: Updated 2:55 am PT with more comment]
Thanks for noticing. Chris Baraniuk notes the irony—Twitter network down for many users after technical fault:
Twitter chose to communicate the problem via a tweet.
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Some users took to Facebook to complain.
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For some, the site appears to be intermittently accessible.
You can sense the frustration. Eric Auchard is in Germany—Twitter suffers outages in some parts of the world:
Twitter said...it was working to resolve the issues, which appear to be concentrated in Europe.
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Smartphone users [are] receiving the warning: "Tweets aren't loading right now." ... A company spokeswoman had no further comment.
Twitter also posted on Tumblr. It called the problem a Service issue:
Some users are currently experiencing problems.
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We are...working towards a resolution.
Oh noes. Charlie Osborne reports in more than 140 characters—Twitter outage strikes Europe:
Web-based and mobile services appear to be down...with some users seeing nothing more than a landing page.
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Problems have been recorded since 8.27GMT and are focused on the United Kingdom, France and Germany. ... Some Twitter users experienced service disruptions between 6:23AM and 6:33AM PST...but the issue appeared to be resolved. ... No word as of yet whether this is the same problem.
Update: Apparently, it’s not just Europe. Here’s Ingrid “n=1” Lunden, in The Fail Whale Returns:
[It’s] not working, either partially or not at all, in...the UK, Switzerland, and Bangkok.
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Workers in affected regions sitting down to a little procrastination at their desks with cups of coffee had to stick to Facebook and Instagram. ... More seriously...for a service that trades on providing a real-time stream of information, [issues] hit at the very core of the product.
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The company has also been attempting to place itself deeper into the center of how people interact and communicate for more critical situations in business and emergencies.
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It will be interesting too to see if [it] affects Twitter in the public markets. The company’s share price is...near its 52-week low.
And Finally...
The Ukraine Air Force do love an insane fly-by
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