Comments on: Memo to Twitter: Start Charging And Kill the Fail Whale http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/10/22/memo-to-twitter-start-charging-and-kill-the-fail-whale/ Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Panettieri http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/10/22/memo-to-twitter-start-charging-and-kill-the-fail-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-50468 Joe Panettieri Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:03:27 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/?p=4522#comment-50468 Ramon: You've summarized the situation well. When there's urgent news it flows rapidly across Twitter, assuming Twitter doesn't go dark. Ramon: You’ve summarized the situation well. When there’s urgent news it flows rapidly across Twitter, assuming Twitter doesn’t go dark.

]]> By: Ramon http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/10/22/memo-to-twitter-start-charging-and-kill-the-fail-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-50464 Ramon Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:11:18 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/?p=4522#comment-50464 There's another important consideration to note. During the Sept. 11 Terror Attacks a lot of people turned to Internet communications like AOL IM because traditional cell service had been cut off. That Internet evolution continues today. Like it or not Twitter is now a mission critical communications pipeline for world events like the Iran elections. Fail Whale was a cute way for Twitter to let users know the system is having a capacity issue. But as world events unfold Twitter needs to find a way to stay online. There’s another important consideration to note. During the Sept. 11 Terror Attacks a lot of people turned to Internet communications like AOL IM because traditional cell service had been cut off.

That Internet evolution continues today. Like it or not Twitter is now a mission critical communications pipeline for world events like the Iran elections.

Fail Whale was a cute way for Twitter to let users know the system is having a capacity issue. But as world events unfold Twitter needs to find a way to stay online.

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