Alright, because you’ve demanded it, here’s the post about Twitter being down. Yes, Twitter is down. Yes, it will be down for the next hour or so. Yes, it was scheduled. Actually, this one is interesting because it was rescheduled, apparently at the behest of the U.S. government which wanted to make sure the communication regarding the protests in Iran over the election could go on without interruption.
And here’s our favorite tip that Twitter is down so far:
You’re TechCrunch. You probably already know. But just in case, Twitter is down right now.
For the record, I’m just completing Step 7 of MG’s 15 things to do while Twitter is down list.
You remember that list right? If not, check it out.
[well played, Timmy]
At this point, this is not so much news as it is a funny feud between a certain class of TC commenters and the TC staff
I’m enjoying it, but this post is ridiculous on any other level!
Well, at least this is the 1st title about twitter which made me smile
What does MG stand for?
Mystikal Gangsta?
Oh, I like that!
I thought it was Matzah Guy
also good.
Much Game
Mucho Grande.
Mikes Girly-boy
LOL out loud.
Btw: Twitter is down!!
Nice. Step #4.
I didn’t see in your original list where you masturbate while thinking about Twitter going down on you.
Say whaaaat? Who does scheduled maintenance at 4pm central??? Forget it. I’m not using the Internet anymore for the rest of the day.
(This would have been a perfect tweet. Instead I have to blog it.)
Um, so anyone know what MG means?
Milton Grönemeyer?
Hey guys, did you know Twitter is down?
Just checkin’.
Actually, I think it may just have come back up.
Quick, rush to Twitter and type down “Did you know Twitter is down?”
… What, I was hoping we could create a paradox and open a black hole. You know, spare the efforts from the LHC.
lol
Interesting to note that it’s 2:15 AM in Tehran right now, so perhaps they scheduled downtime to coincide with nighttime in Iran given the current situation.
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Yeah… No shit.
jesus christ
how can i help you, sir?
I believe he asked for me…
Haha ( I wanted to say LOL, but it said that was a duplicate comment) – since i had already LOL’ed at someone up the comment queue
jesus christ… this post was really interesting
so what?
People who are interested in knowing that twitter is down will know about it when they visit twitter.com
Mike, or whomever is in charge here, please fire this guy. I don’t care about there being alot of posts about twitter, since some of them are actually interesting. But posts like this are very very annoying.
And yes, you may be mocking yourself in the title, but your decision to give in to posting this clearly shows how egocentric you are. And you may think it’s funny, but it is most certainly not.
So what exactly are you trying to say?
I think this is one of the better posts in a while – the comments on this one are funny – since everyone is taking a breather
I thought it was pretty funny…if you hate MG Siegler and his posts so much, why do you even bother reading them?
because comments in most of MG’s post are really funny & hilarious !!
Honestly, I wish the internet could fire people like you.
You know, the ones that feel they need to respond to every single article they DONT LIKE, rather than simply ignore them like the rest of the rational human beings on this planet.
So the next time you feel the urge to leave a remark that disrespects one of the better technology writers to date, perhaps you’ll be so courtesy as to remove your head from your ass.
*courteous.
where’s the edit button when you need it.
“Mike, or whomever is in charge here”
that would be Heather. I’m pretty sure I work for MG now.
“And you may think it’s funny, but it is most certainly not.”
lol…
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Wait a minute…is this fake spam? If so, it’s hilarious. (Especially after seeing the ridiculous Twit-watsit spam posts on every post about Twitter on TC…)
Worked for me. Woot woot for flakey bread wrapped around ham n cheese. Burned the roof of my mouth though. Damn you hotpocket foil sleeve! Why must you heat the inside to hellish temperatures to achieve crispy outer nirvana!
Ha.
Fake or Real, so hard to distinguish… AWESOME JOB!
I used the down time for personal time. It was nice to have bathed in some time
So what about Iran? Maybe the Iran gov’t did it!!
Hahahah. I definitely did not finish all 15 steps. And my follow up email is so out of whack. I apparently can not number things.
It was a noble effort though.
To everyone who whines about the Twitter coverage on TC: Shut up! If you don’t like it, leave. Nobody’s forcing you to read this publication. If you don’t like what they decide to publish, that’s you’re problem. It’s their site, they’re writing about what they want to write about.
TC is like a TV station–some of the programs they run (Twitter Posts) are garbage just like some of the programs they run are worth watching…It is possible to like and enjoy TC and hate some of the content.
haha don’t have time to read the article yet, but love the title.
Twitter may be down but I’m still waiting for a post on what Twitter is doing to feed the hungry.
When planned downtime is news, there is something very wrong with the blogosphere.
I guess Twitters downtime was indeed scheduled on purpose this time around
http://www.picw...com/blog/?p=715
Should add this thread to MG’s 15 things to do when Twitter is down = “whine about TC’s posting about Twitter Down”. That should keep everyone occupied until Twitter comes back up
MG, no matter how many times you write about twitter, you will never beat the post length/comment number ratio that I did with
http://www.tech...5/25/twitter-2/
ha ha, fooled you all! nobody demanded this.
Does this count towards your daily quota? If so, how can I apply for your job? I’d love to get paid for regurgitating garbage news.
lol, this is like some kind of ongoing insider joke at TC, isn’t it?
I’m going to retweet this…
MG, I hereby request you publish at least 10 posts a day on Twitter. Should you feel the need to throw in some Google posts all the better. Hopefully after a couple days of that all these people bitching about the Twitter coverage will have either left or shut up.
Maybe you could add your Twitter feed over on the right side and you could just post to Twitter all days and we could see it.
Either way it should gets these people to shut up.
Thank god for TC…
I went to twitter and it said “Twitter is down for maintenance” and I was completely confused… So I headed to TC to get the real story.
According to TC Twitter is down… thank you TC I can now relax
you’re part of the problem.
Just constructive criticism here but maybe a tab up top that allows people to filter out Twitter stories.
Its obvious that people are tired of reading about it .. I don’t know if the flatline in traffic to techcrunch is related but I can honestly say I went from checking multiple times a day to just once now.
Twitter is down right now.
Can you tell me if there’s parking available in front of my building too while you’re at it?
Currently all spots are reserved.
Twitter is Down!