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Twitter Offline Due To DDoS
The elusive Precision dropped a submission in my lap about a DDoS taking down Twitter running on CNet. It's been down for several hours, no doubt wreaking havoc on the latest hawtness in social networking. Won't someone please think of the tweeters? Word is that both Facebook & LiveJournal have been having problems this AM as well.
I just installed Chrome (someone told me about the cool "incognito" feature which allows me to surf porn sites without leaving a trace) and think that it is interesting. The addressbar is bit large and the lack of a window frame is a bit disconcerting (but cool). What's killing me, though, is the really bad number fonts. Holy cow, it's ugly.
That said, it's no less ugly than the narcissism which is on display in the Twitter world. While blogging at least gave the impression of journalism and (not always successfully) encouraged a deeper reflection on content since the content itself was more or less permanent and long.
Twittering, on the other hand, encourages in-the-moment quipping which is much more useful for those who want to be heard but do not necessarily have anything of value to say. The "Twitter shitter" stereotype is definitely apropos.
Maybe taking this service offline for a while will free these people from themselves. I can only hope that the Iranian protesters can find their way without Twitter for a few hours.
LOL...Mod this up!