Monday, August 10, 2009

When Twitter Gets Over Capacity

















For some of us who have made it a company-wide initiative to use various social media platforms in its day-to-day agenda, tweetering is not always sweet.

It's interesting how platforms as powerful as Twitter (Google it just a little bit to find out that indeed, most online marketers consider Twitter powerful enough to spread word around like wildfire) --can go down because it has gone over its capacity...

I can't imagine the 'ching'ing sound of a cash register (if you had an online store) suddenly says the transaction can't be completed because there's just plenty of activity and the servers cannot handle the traffic... hmmm... perhaps that's why Twitter is free--and the public can't complain...

I've been on Twitter for barely two weeks... so what, right? and who cares that I want to keep in touch with all 91 followers i have to-date? I don't think I've hit the jackpot yet by establishing a 'trending topic' but the exchanges I've had so far have been either useful, productive or inspiring and to me, that's what's important...

My tweets can wait, sure... it's just addictive! arrggghhh!

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