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iMing — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:54:15 -0000

I bet a lot of people are rediscovering their blogs today, and you know this is the first time i'm visiting yours!

@artmaker =)

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cyberfrogz — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:45:22 -0000

what do you think about twitter can boost our traffic site...?

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jowens89 — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:45:33 -0000

I totally know what you mean. since joining twitter, everytime i read something i tweet it- yesturday during the scheduled down time, i tried posting, and didn't know what to do, i resorted to posting to my facebook friends but the satisfaction isn't the same!

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JoMangee — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:22:54 -0000

Yes, I too have come to like Twitter and regard it as my primary 'communication' medium - so when it is down, I do feel a loss of that constant flow of information and conversation.

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Lane — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:47:23 -0000

I hate that twitter has only 140 characters. When I want to rant and rave or get in an argument i have to send 5 separate messages to get my point across..

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Mike McCready — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:09:07 -0000

Chris, I so know what you're saying. I come to view Twitter as an information sharing and gathering tool. And yes, it has come a long way in that its very rare that I see the fail whale. But for me its my primary way of sharing information and when I cannot share it, I bookmark it in Delicious and hope that I will remember to share it later.

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Free Wordpress Themes — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:45:57 -0000

I think twitter will fail sooner or later.We are all forgetting about real friends we have...

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Deirdre — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:19:23 -0000

Hi Chris! I think Twitter has been much less "stressed out" lately. But, when it does go down, and I have to wait, I'm very impatient, borderline anxious. For me, Twitter has become a part of my daily regimen...it's like having a cup of coffee in the morning. If I don't get my caffeine or my Twitter, you can detect this in my mood :) Luckily, it's only a temporary situation.

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Shéamus — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:57:14 -0000

I feel the same as you CB. I knew the downtime was coming, had tweeted about it earlier to my followers, and reminded them minutes before, but moments after it happened, I stumbled across something so magnificent that I simply HAD to share it... but could not. So, I twiddled my thumbs, and waited, waited some more, and thought about alternative ways to reach my network.

Alas, none were available.

Fortunately, we all survived.

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jbrotherlove — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:09:08 -0000

I saw the planned downtime and planned for it. Unfortunately, API connections seemed to fail before the schedule start of maintenance; that caused some scheduled tweets for my client to stall, then bulk publish when Twitter came back up.

Interestingly, I popped over to FriendFeed to see what people were sharing Friday and they were down as well. Not a good day for micropublishing.

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Corvida Raven — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:36:21 -0000

I get a little itchy too Chris. It's a bit of an annoyance because sometimes I forget to go back and share.

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Andi Fisher — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:50:46 -0000

Both articles you shared are really great. I particularly like the Chris Perry one. I am so sick of all these "experts" who feel like they own the space. It is moving so fast out there that it is nearly impossible to own any piece of it. Instead of worrying about who owns what, just do the best you can, be genuine and the rest is just noise.

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Rebekah King — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:33:19 -0000

Chris,

Thank goodness there's systems for us chronic share-ers! It was said best at IMS09 SF - twitter has become the new news portal - and when it goes down many of us loose our connection to the cloud...

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Stuart Foster — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:37:22 -0000

Haha, whenever Twitter goes down I run my head into the wall a few times but then I go out and use a variety of other ways to share cool stuff I find. Namely social bookmarking sites, im, phone and offline. Just as fun (and probably a faster response).

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geetarchurchy — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:48:20 -0000

I've asked this question a couple of times recently and i've had the same response each time: shurgged shoulders and a blank face.

If Twitter goes down it seems as if we're in suspended animation for an hour or so, just itching to be able to get back on the platform and share information.

To that extent i'm trying to expand my Tumblr network to learn more about new topics!!

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gerardmclean — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:55:38 -0000

@don It is a public statement of brand power. Twitter is free and useful. It gave Chris Brogan a blog topic. Who will you call? What tool will you use to complain, twitter? :-)

Brilliant timing, either way

Reminds me of this, but they can get away with it. You and I probably can't. Often, anyway
http://rufus.posterous.com/...

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motownmutt — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:41:13 -0000

I've been spending less time on twitter lately, but I share your main point of feeling disconnected when it's down.

More telling to me, about myself, is that I really like the "ack" of even just seeing page views on some of what I share. Maybe it's an empty validation of some sort, but I like seeing that 20 or so people regularly check my twitpics, for instance. I was a bit surprised to recently see a twitpic with 0 views, as if even the 20 or so people who check in suddenly decided in unison that my links were no longer worth the click. After checking my tweetstream, I realised twitpic hadn't posted to twitter. I had a good laugh at myself when I realised how much I value those anonymous 20 people's page views.

A bit silly, and a little off of your main point, maybe.

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ePatientDave — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:37:37 -0000

As a desperation move, doesn't HootSuite's delayed send feature let you do this?

I use TweetDeck for most everything, but I find the scheduled send feature useful for flashes of insipitation at 2 a.m. that need to be seen by my dayjob tweeps.

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Lynda Partner — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:17:13 -0000

For many of us Twitter is becoming essential as a business tool. Our twitter IDs are on our business cards and our websites and a current tweet stream is part of our credentials as a marketer. A few short minutes of downtime across the board is annoying, not having access to your twitter account for 14 days is devastating on many levels - both personal and business. It happened to me: http://partnersinc.biz/blog...

I think it might be time for Twitter to seize the opportunity - there are many of us who would happily pay for a premium twitter service - with real support and seamless access.

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John Haydon — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:49:40 -0000

Just retweeted. Hopefully that will help sooth your ack-attack.

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Vic-BusinessAccent — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:36:40 -0000

Twitter becomes the fast and reliable social marketing online.
Without it, of course there are still alternatives out there.
But twitter is already been a part of every marketers daily activities online.

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Dr.Mani — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:35:12 -0000

I save such info to a text file, saved to my desktop with the name "to-tweet". When I log in to Twitter, once or twice a day, I 'cluster tweet' all info from that file, and then delete it from that file.

Bring on the Whale - she don't bother me no more! :lol:

All success
Dr.Mani

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kiwispouse — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:40:56 -0000

i totally agree. i've been in my house on napier hill while it has been blocked off due to the gunman loose down around the corner, and have been using twitter to tweet about what's going on, and also find out where ppl i care about who live near me are and if they need anything. when twitter went down for maintenance this afternoon i felt very cut off and isolated!

the gunman has now been found dead in his home, so i'm hoping we'll be able to get our freedom back soon. well done to the police and other special forces personnel who came to help with the situation.

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AdamPieniazek — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:10:38 -0000

Hmm, maybe there's a market for a mini-twitter offshoot that only comes online when twitter is down, mimics twitter exactly and then pushes your tweets back out to twitter when it's back up. Or we could just use friendfeed when twitter is down...

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Nikki — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:09:26 -0000

I feel your pain. My google reader is chock full of twitter-worthy articles, and there's nothing I can do. I feel lost. AHHHH!