Twitter is down: What do you think?

what will the world do?
Maybe take a break and do something lucrative

Wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me.

Facebook has also been down all morning. Hmmm...very rare for this site to have a glitch. Hopefully, CNN will make these outages top headlines and put a little fire under Facebook to get things working again!

Twitter being up, down, or any status in between is a completely meaningless state to most reasonable people. It's a ridiculous concept, a fad, a short lived idiocy that the press has turned into a catch phrase in the absence of any real news. Twitter – that technological innovation of medocrity that does not enhance, but only encumbers us.

It's annoying. It's not the end of the world. My concerns with a lack of connectivity generally involve messages piling up so that I have a huge backlog when I regain access (not a factor here, since it's down for EVERYONE) or not being able to get important messages to people (also not a factor here since I have other means of reaching everyone I'd care to send a message to and vice versa). Twitter will be back eventually. We'll all live. The world, surprisingly, will not end. Shrug.

Thanks for the update. I was a little upset–ok, freaking out–when I couldn't get twitter to load. Here's to hoping that it's running soon!

I use twitter on a regular basis, a lot more than most of my "tweeps", and to be honest I could care less that it's down. I'll survive, and so will everyone else.

We need to activate Skynet.

Who cares

Twitter is absolutely rediculous. It should go down and stay down.

Yes, for those of us who rely on Twitter for business and news, it makes you feel out of the loop to not have that constant feed and interaction

facebook seems to be down too

yes noticed they were both down. Thought it was my computer. O well, I guess I shall just go and read a book then or maybe take the dog for a walk

I wasnt able to log in to twitter.com at 9am ET

With Twitter out, and Facebook acting flaky I am packing up all canned goods and taking the family to the storm cellar. Now if I could only find the tin foil to deflect the gamma rays...

i think it's ok to be 'unplugged' from social media once in a while.

Oh my – what will we all do without knowing every boring factoid of other people's lives ??

I'm so over all the tweeting and facebooking – too bad I am the minority.

Huh? what is a twitter? is that a twit who is twittering while twattering down twittersome lane ?

I am not a Twitter person anyways. But its kind of sad these sites are deemed by some as being so essential. They shouldn't be. Maybe turn off the computer and do something in the real world.

http://status.twitter.com/post/157191978/ongoing-denial-of-service-attack

Twitter is reporting a massive denial of service attack on their status page. Cyberterrorism, in other words. Time for an update CNN.

Its a Denial Of Service Attack that's taken Twitter down, this is from their status blog.

Thank you, CNN, for letting me know it's not just me. Working with a friend to plan a camping trip – guess we'll have to go back to e-mail, like the "old days." Might be nice to have more than 140 characters...

I didn't realize how much of a social network addict I am until Twitter crashed and then I went over to Facebook as my backup. Well blow me down, it was having its own issues! I think I'll get another cup of coffee and try to chill until I can feed my habit. Can someone give me something to stop my twitter thumb from shaking?

Twitter, Live Journal are both completely down and Facebook is having MAJOR issues, have been since last night.

Actually Twitter is key to my marketing efforts. It being down can cost me $$$.

Justin S. HAHAHA @ your comment. Twitter is down and Facebook is acting funny. I'd like to post an update, it helps when you have alot on your mind, but I'm not desperate. I think it is hilarious to know that Twitter being down made it to CNN...LOL

Twitter's Down? Didn't notice

yea people forget that all other sites/blogs who have twitter modules are causing those sites to load slow as well cause it's waiting for twitters feed. good 'ole DOS attack on twitter

Twitter and facebook and all that nonsense – it's all overkill anyway. Such a narcissistic bunch of people out there. Ugh...I don't need to know your status 15 times a day.

Twitter being down is the equivalent of me not being seen.

Yeah, I really don't understand Twitter and wouldn't have know it was down if you hadn't told me. I really can't think of anyone I would what constant updates of what they are doing.

Oh, please, I sure wish the world would move on from this stuff! How narcisistic are we that we think people care about what we're doing all the time! People, get over yourselves, please!

The greater the number of bloggers, the more insignificant each blogger becomes. All these social networking sites are making people antisocial. People are unwittingly rotting their brains and causing themselves health problems. I was blogging ten years ago — before anyone even knew what that was. I learned very quickly that it's an unhealthy routine. As the ocean of bloggers swells in size, the bloggers will begin to realize how small they are in the world—that their opinions really have no power. They'll rediscover the real world, leaving behind their addictive junk technology.

Oh my god! Not TWITTER! *screams running away to the corner of the house!*

Get a life people.

When I couldn't get into Facebook or Twitter this morning, I was on the verge of a panic attack!!! Luckily I was eventually able to get into Facebook. I thought it was my computer that was having problems.

My Comment Who Cares Never Use It dumbest technology ever invented worse than text and myspace. Let it die an inglorious death and it appears to not be all that safe with people putting up face surveys, etc. I would never use it.

who cares.

Anyone else notice that most of the internet is SLOWWWWW this morning, particularly US based websites?

Twitter itself is a gigantic denial of service. Stay down, go away, you will not be missed.

i thought it was my connection to be honest and while i'm actually waiting for an important response, it's not that big a deal... life goes on

CNN is turning into twitter. How about some real in-depth reporting on serious topics? The U.S. news media inundate us with headlines, quips and fads (like Twitter). Meanwhile, real events that can deeply impact our lives go unremarked.

I left Twitter for the insane amount of idiotic tweets that otherwise sane people were posting. So the news of Twitter being DOWN? Probably only upsetting people who really need to get lives.

who cares about Twitter?!!? I want Facebook back!!!

Social networking sites and message boards are down? Wow, I never would have realized it if it wasn't in the news. Hopefully the 3G networks will go down and come up, and I will not realize that either. They are a waste of income I don't have thanks to Obama's socialistic reorganization of the country to fit his "vision"...

scott – twitter is great for ppl with egos!! hahaha as good as it gets – having followers hang on your every word. so famous ppl must be loving this!

I will miss seeing today all the many various news centers, financial news along with my favorite actors, actressess, singers and financial gurus I follow on a daily basis. Guess I won't know what's going on today, perhaps the 'reason' for the blockage.

Why don't these people go use their skills to do some good instead? Idiots!

Hope it stays down permanently – garbage marketing cesspool.

Hey, I'm standing loyal with Twitter. Not getting freaked. Just bummed for them.

I find it quite interesting that all these people here – who can't seem to find enough words to describe their aversion – actually took the time to let the rest of us know... But hey, it's probably just like they all claim; that they wouldn't have noticed if they hadn't been told. Yeah, sure, whatever..:)

Wow! Twitter is down! Why dont we all just let our lives stop because Twitter is not working. The end of the world must be near if everyone can not go about their daily business without Twitter being the center of attention.

Without twitter, what will Rick Sanchez have to talk about?

Twitter sucks anyway

It doesn't matter how you honestly feel about the usefulness of Twitter. the fact is that this innocent website is being brutally attacked, and that is news.

oh my, whatever shall i do.

Oh my god... whatever will I do now that I can't read that @tommy just had chicken salad for lunch and @ihatemyboss decided that she hates her boss thiiiis much today.

If it wasn't for news coverage of Twitter in the first place, I wouldn't have the foggiest idea about it or how people refer to each other on there. Facebook at least makes sense as a social networking site, but Twitter is just lame... ooh, updating my 140 character worth of drivel over and over again is super fun.

Gee, geeks and nerds the world over must be stressing badly right now. This has to be addressed immediately, the hospital emergency room's will be drowned in withdrawal cases.
What a joke. I agree that maybe people can now try doing something lucrative or useful with their time instead of being glued to little screens.

As regular twitter user and job seeker who uses in his job search and stock trading, I noticed when unable to log on at 5:50 this morning PDT. The "denial of service" attack is an example of cutting edge being close to bleeding edge. Although twitter's visibility increased hugely after Iran election protests, am guessing twitter weren't prepared for an attack of this type and/or magnitude (and bringing down twitter would bring on huge bragging rights in the hacker social circle).

Although inconvenient, as another poster said, life goes on.

I do not use Twitter yet (I have been considering diving in, cellphone and all, for a few weeks) but I wanted to comment to those folks who are so aghast that people spend lots of time on Twitter.

This is no fad. The electronic age is HERE in full force. We now have adults in the workforce (20 year olds) who were 6 when Microsoft came out with Windows 95 and AOL, Prodigy, et al launched the online frenzy. These members of our workforce have been "plugged in" to some extent since they started learning how to READ! What do you expect?

It's nearly impossible for the rest of us (I am 39, so no spring chicken but hardly a baby boomer either) to understand what it is like to NEVER have had to live without the Internet in our LIVES. We ALL learned how to manage our lives without email, IM, text messages, and the like. The folks never did.

If you are in the minority and have zero understanding as to what all the fuss is, then I fear that you, my friend, will be the one left in the dark. Our society is NEVER going back to the way things were when we were growing up, so jump on board or be left in the dust!

I thought Twitter caused my friends unnecessarily addiction besides that which they suffer from FB. But, after I randomly created an account, I realized it's a fun way to stay in touch w/ what's going on in the world (real news and pointless info) in short snippets when I didn't have time to e-mail friends or read entire articles on CNN while at work.

So, no dissing us Twitters. It's harmless.

Okay, Adam Lambert announces that he is back on Twitter and as soon as the announcement comes out, Twitter and Facebook go down. Anyone think that either the hacker after Adam is behind this or that all of us, (yes, I am guilty) trying to send him tweets (or twats) caused an overload. Knowing how many of us Glamberts there are, I suspect we could be the cause. Sorry everyone.

For those that are taking the time to post a comment, you are essentially doing exactly what those of us do on Twitter. It is not all about egos and talking about what you had for breakfast. It is not all Ashton Kutcher and Oprah. Many of us are professionals who use it to collaborate, share ideas and information, plan or market events, coordinate with the media, learn about the news as it is happening, etc. There are many applications that nonusers would fail to understand...and I don't expect you to. What I would ask is that you have the wisdom to understand that people may find value in a tool that does not necessarily provide value to you. And that is ok...but don't bash the users who feel it helps them in their daily work.

All right. I've read all the politically correct messages concerning Twitter. Nobody misses it.....right.

I MISS IT. I keep up to date on the news, all my favorite CNN/HLN journalist and television host. And, Twitter is just plain fun. I Love it and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

I'm glad to see the majority of people don't care. I thought I might be the lone voice of not giving two toots. Actually, I find it comical that this is news. People die. Animals go extinct. People starve. Oh, wait, Twitter is down?!

Definitely miss my Twitter feeds.

Maybe it's cyber sabotage from DPRK or even China. While comments have negative views re Twitter, it is not just people bored to tears telling others what they are doing at the moment. In China and other places, twitter is used to share important news and information which otherwise is censored or omitted. Twitter serves a great purpose for those who need to share info but not able to when there is no freedom of speech or press.

Who really cares.....and if you care to the point that is disrupts your life.......Well, guess what???? You probably don't have much of a life to speak of in the first place. Twitter..........are you kidding me! I simply cannot grasp the utter ridiculousness of this situation.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Now I'm only down to a couple dozen ways of staying in contact with people online!

While yes, we have entered a new electronic age in full force, Twitter is redundant to just about everything else available on the Internet.

I can't help but think that all these anti-twitter posts are coming from people who MIGHT see the use in it, had they anything interesting to post about, or more than their teenage kids to "follow" them.

If you don't use a particular site, that's on you; there's really no point in crying foul that you feel Twitter is "pointless" and people who use it are "narcissistic" or "need to get a life." That's just ignorant.

Seems sort of self-righteous to express such uninformed opinions about a site that, allegedly, you don't use.

Twitter is up there in the top 10 worst uses of technology

Never used it, Never will.

Had this not been on CNN, I would have no idea that it was an issue. That being said, I feel bad for people who use this for advertising, etc and other business purposes. For everyone else, no big deal, I don't think they are going to die by not knowing what I ate for lunch or how I feel about the project I am working on at this time. Now maybe some people will actually be productive in society versus doing nothing but wondering what time a celebrity woke up......at least facebook is a good way to keep in touch with people over time. Twitter is pretty worthless for this as you can not actually communicate anything important. If you want to actually have a good coversion with someone, it is ten times faster and more lifelike (you can actually hear the tone of their voice) to just call them.

Anyone that is so in need of Twitter needs to get a life. WHO CARES what you are doing 24/7.

I don't really care anything about updating my status all the time, but I was freaking out feeling like I was cut off from all my friends this morning. Weekend plans and other things to discuss!!!

Good!! Keep it offline..

Yes, I am pretty much freaking out with no twitter!!

ppl that hate twitter must know enough about it to hate it. LOL twitter is my source of news, so I am a frequent user. I am not upset that it is down or slow but, ppl sure know how to piss the majority of users on the internet. Thanks to CNN on twitter i was able to find out what the heck is going on with twitter, I thought it was my Iphone(1) then my home pc(2), so keep on reporting the up-to-the-minute-news CNN!! you guys and gals ROCK!!!!

I have stood firm in my refusal to "tweet." Therefore, the site being down affects me not in the least.

Good!!!

I don't Twitter, so that's of no consequence to me – but I am surprised that so many don't realize that people use it for business and/or other purposes that are not just silliness.

I do have a Facebook page, and find it useful as a way of seeing what friends and family are up to – those who don't "do" Facebook maybe just don't know what they are missing. I'm in touch with some people I have not been able to contact in years, and have found some distant cousins I never even knew – that part is fun! (It's glitchy this morning, but that's not ruining my day!)

12:31 ET twitter down for me. Guess I'll surf sites instead of twitter...

I'm kind of freaking out because I was just about to check my Twitter when I heard the news so I'm kind of bummed and so is my friend. lol For him (and me) kind of, it's all about Miley Anyways I was going to check if he and Miley replied to my Tweets... so I'm kind of bummed.

The book of the apocalypse will have to be rewritten: "...and a blue horse came forth, signaling the end of Twitter..." Moreover, it is extremely sad that people consider Twitter their source of news. I read an article once saying Alzheimer's was going to be more common soon because the average brain was receiving more info than it could process at one point. Twitter and Social Networks: savage murderers of the human thought capacity!

Frankly, I could care less if they don't return. Its a self-serving waste of bandwidth.

Yesssss..... my plan is working! WORKING!

Sounds #fishy to me

This is what happens when people depend on technology. It is not stable. What if the electric grids go out for any length of time? Ooh, no social life, no online bill paying, no power for electric cars! Your dependence is foolish.

Turn off your computers and read a book or get outside and discover there is more to life than cyberspace. The internet has become nothing more than the new cocaine and social sites like Tweeter and My space are places were people freely give their personal information away.;Then they complain about identity theft and blame the site they belong to for lose of identity and money.

For those of you who say Twitter has no purpose, I implore you to learn something. Read #iranelection on trending topics. Iran's government has blocked 5 million websites in an attempt to prevent the dissemination of information. What information you ask? They are murdering their own people & dont want the world to see it. They have blocked all media from reporting on it within the country. Why? For peacefully protesting against an election they believe to be fraudulent. If you dont know who Neda is, you are living in a cave.

Twitter, Youtube, & Facebook have been the main avenues for the Iranian people to get this information to the rest of the world while their government has shut them in. Now try telling me social media networks are useless.

all is fair in love and war

It was a bummer to find that out, but my attitutude was, "Oh well."
Not the end of the world. If anything, Twitter is convenience, not a necessity.

eating a turkey sandwich. will have diet dr. pepper with it.

There! It's just like having Twitter.

I miss Twitter, hope it comes back soon. I didn't realize Facebook was down too. I was able to get on when I tried. Glad its up.

I hate Twitter anyway. I wish it would go down permenently.

Facebook does averything Twitter does and much, much, more

Helloooooooooooooooooooo!!! August 6th, 2009 12:45 pm ET

For those of you who say Twitter has no purpose, I implore you to learn something. Read #iranelection on trending topics. Iran’s government has blocked 5 million websites in an attempt to prevent the dissemination of information. What information you ask? They are murdering their own people & dont want the world to see it. They have blocked all media from reporting on it within the country. Why? For peacefully protesting against an election they believe to be fraudulent. If you dont know who Neda is, you are living in a cave.

Twitter, Youtube, & Facebook have been the main avenues for the Iranian people to get this information to the rest of the world while their government has shut them in. Now try telling me social media networks are useless."

Co-signed!!

I am a twitter addict – I say this only because it fills up my meaningless 9-5 boring hours of which I have nothing to do. While I do see twitter as a social network, I see it more as a transfer of information and, unlike facebook which is primarily for socializing, playing games and such. (I've actually gotten a job off of twitter due to its primary networking.) Either way it keeps me busy and stimulated (especially when links to news stories and articles are posted.)

How about going outside and riding a bike, or making a lunch date with someone and seeing them face to face, so sad...

Didn't even notice. Is this really news? CNN has to make this their primary story? Guess I need to find a real news organization.

My comment: [YAWN] Who cares? Seriously. If someone is freaking out because Twitter is unavailable, then they need some professional help.

Weeeeelll, I realize cnn is very liberal BUT, I think Nobama did it! If you search twitter "obama Care" 9 out of 10 comments are against obama care..Dis-information as obama calles it. Don't know how he knows that since he admits he hasn't read the bill.

Twitter would be more useful as toilet paper

It really isn't the end of the world. I i didn'y know until a friend told me. However, I have been logged on all morning to Facebook. I noticed slower speed and error pop-ups. It seems like it is getting back to normal. And yes it is important, Both makes the day go by for alot of people.

Ironic, all this people who says that Twitter is useless and that it sucks and it's a waste of time, are here posting all their "relevant" opinions, just like in... Twitter!!!

There is life without Twitter.

Sure, there is value with any technology or form of communication, but the vast amount of what goes back and forth on Twitter is mindless tripe. Of course we all know that the Iranians used it to send messages out in their June crisis. But the addicted majority seems to have a compelling need to tell everyone that they went to the restroom or that they bought a candy bar.

Watch anyone texting while driving or walking or when in a social group and unless you're from out of space, you can't help but notice that it's gotten way past the point of being out of control. There's a bunch of empty shells walking around there capable of sending inane short messages to anyone and everyone but who are missing the life around them.

Take a Twitter (and text message) break on your own America.

Does anyone except marketing morons (sorry, meant geniusus) actually use and promote Twitter? What a wast of time.

I don't use twitter to say what i'm eating at the moment or to join the #hashtag wars. I use it to stay up to date on my local government (the city's mayor has a twitter and updates on policy). I don't have text messaging, so I use twitter's direct messages to stay in contact with my family. I use it to get my news and collaborate creatively.

Twitter isn't a fad. It's a productivity tool. Whether you like twitter or not, it's become a part of the culture (The President even has a Twitter, as does Oprah), and this downtime is affecting people's daily lives.

What if something like GMail went down? Would we have this huge public outcry from people saying "oh, now you have to send real paper mail now, losers!" or "if GMail is so important to you, you must have no real life!" I don't think so.

Twitter is pathetic, and our society is pathetic if this is what makes headline news. People are more concerned about writing and reading peoples jargon on the internet than focusing their energy on something productive. If you are a constat twitter user, or you became angry because you couldn't post your useless message, I feel sorry for you, but have a suggestion....get a life!

I am a marketer. These sites and others like it enable me to effectively do my job. Yes, Twitter being down was a nuisance though it was bearable. I am not going to be moving the family to the basement as I mentioned in an earlier post.

The most basic principle of social media relates to "user generated content". By definition this includes the ability to comment in all of CNN's news articles. Like it or not, this makes all of you participants in the social web.

In short, social media enables all of you to have your own voice. And a very strong one at that...

just wanted to say Thanks for keeping us posted!!

I think it's about time. I can forgive social networking like Facebook, or even the high school drama network that is MySpace, but Twitter hit a nerve.

I mean honestly, do all your friends have to keep track of what you're doing every 15 minutes of your day?! Heck, I know people who 'tweet' and drive during their commute! Honestly, it's fine it you want to text your friends about what you're doing so you can make plans or small talk, but to post it for the ENTIRE FREAKING WORLD TO SEE?! YOU COULD END UP WITH A $50,000 LAWSUIT LIKE THAT ONE WOMAN WHO BAD MOUTHED HER APARTMENT! Look it up, I saw the story here on CNN about a week ago.

What's 'twitter'?

Give twitter a chance to assess, plan, and repair... Their growth has been unreal and hard to predict this amount of success.

*Best thing is to do is give twitter a break, if we keep going to their website it will cause more problems.

This isn't news worthy. It doesnt affect me or how I go about my day. Twitters are egotistical a-bags who think what they are doing every minute of ever hour is important to everyone.

What is Twitter?

If Twitter is the service and Tweets the message, are the people using it Twits?

What's 'Twitter'?

Folks who regularly use Twitter and FB to communicate have a serious void in their lives.

hey dbwelch: blah, blah, blah. Twitter is a fad, so go get a life!

Laughable...I think it's great!

What's a Twitter?

Really? What is the purpose? People have nothing more to do than this?

I mean, really now. Those of you who feel disconnected because the twit is down, really need a dose of reality check up and rehab. Get a freakin' life!

twitter down. Seriously?!
there is email, sms, mms, and how about the telephone?

I wish I could tweet about Twitter being down.

Hope it's fixed soon. I love Twitter, news hits Twitter before the mainstream media reports it. I feel out of the loop, will be happy once it's up and running again. P.S. I got a freakin life, thanks!

Will this affect TwitterTracker? Thats my only real concern.

Remember the Pet Rock? Hippies? 8-track tapes? Rubik's Cube? 80s hair? VHS? Music CDs? Friendster and Myspace? In 2 more years Twitter and the Facebook will be on that list...

The 'new technology is uber' discussions here remind me of that commercial with the guy who gives out a pair of shoes for every one he sells, and how 'this would be impossible without a global network'. No, it wouldn't. Philanthropy did not begin with wireless broadband. And believe it or not there were revolutions before Iran found twitter. In Iran even.

Not all technology 'is here to stay', in fact, most of it fails pretty quickly. Twitter has no revenue model. It's user numbers are over hyped (using connections instead of users for example). If you want to know if twitter is here to stay, here are the numbers you need: what is the life span of a customer (how long do they continue to use the service over all), and what is the life span of an average tweet connection (discounting garbage, like people who sign up and ignore it forever); then compare those to new user growth. Those numbers would tell you everything.

If you have massive growth but also too many people dropping off constantly, thats a fad, even if the growth outpaces drop off, because eventually you run out of marketplace. My guess is that people get tired of the barrage / spam of useless information and drop off pretty quickly, but again, I don't know.

I do agree that twitter can be useful in a collaborative work environment, but I don't think they will make any money doing that. In the end my guess is that twitter will eventually fail, or become bloated enough in it's attempt at revenue that it is no longer interesting. Twitter is the kind of thing that begs to be open-source / non-profit.

"Ironic, all this people who says that Twitter is useless and that it sucks and it’s a waste of time, are here posting all their “relevant” opinions, just like in… Twitter!!!"

Actually twitter is just like this. It's a repackaging of things we've had for 20 years, or 10,000, depending how you look at it. The main difference is that it gives a broader audience a louder voice. In the end it changes nothing though, only our perception of it. If everyone turns the volume up it just drowns everything out.

Twitter is inanity with a bullhorn.

Yes I know it is useful for small groups, but there are plenty of free options for collaboration for small groups.

I've enjoyed reading these comments, and thanks for the advice Ric, I'll take that into consideration!

In light of the effect that Twitter & Facebook had in the Iran post election situation, has anyone considered a possible connection to Iran?

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Twitter users = Douche'bags

"Tweeto ergo sum."

I must be having a schadenfreude moment, because I love this outage.

WHO CARES! Twitter is for"Tweets"anyway Good Riddance.

Twitter. Facebook. Etc. Etc. Where all the losers hang out. No big deal. Hopefully it stays down forever.

Screw Twitter! It's only use is to allow people to stalk other people more easily. If I had an internet hunting shotgun, I would load it with birdshot immediately and shoot Twitter into oblivion (but it going down for good works too).

Things you're doing while Twitter is down:
-Worrying how everyone will know Twitter is down if we can't tweet that Twitter is down
-Writing 140 character messages on post-it notes
-Yelling I'M THINKING ABOUT GETTING A BURRITO as loudly as you can
-Calling your friends one at a time and saying "Really fast, what are you doing right now?
-Settling for updating your Facebook status, though it's not the same
-Worrying about how @THE_REAL_SHAQ is doing
-Going to the bathroom without telling anyone

Thanks Twitteridiots. I was going to post that, now I don't have to.

Makes you wonder what would happen during a real crisis. Twitter being hacked shows how vulnerable our systems are. Electrical, nuclear , water and gas all are part of our modern day of life...and it would not take much to bring it all down. Earthquake, Major Solar flare or a terrorist attack could reset everything back 100 years.

Horrors!!! People will have to communicate face to face!

Yep... I'm up there... So far up there that I posted an IReport "My Twitters Down"... What the heck is going on with this? Someone should be able to fix it or something

Good, I'm glad its down, maybe those who do seem to be reliant on electronic friends will step outside and realize there is a real world.

Boo Hoo, the crack cocaine known as twitter is down. Let me grab the violin.

Really?????
WOW

I'm glad twitter is down, it allows people to get off the computer or cell phone and leave the virtual world and re-enter the real one. Why do people feel like they have to tell the world every single impulsive thing that comes to their mind. How can you say anything meaningful in 140 characters?

Twitter was down?

Oh well, darn.

My world carried on. Did yours?

WTH is "tweeter".

Twitter is a waste of time. No one cares what you're doing. It's just something for people to do. MySpace and Facebook take up enough of peoples time already. Using all these sites together someone can figure up a life story on anyone they want in a matter of minutes.

Uh oh, now the brainless fad obsessed idiots will have no way to tell the world when they're brushing their teeth!!! NOOOO!!!

oh no twitter is down....what are we going to do???? hmm maybe pick up a phone and call someone...or better yet actually see them!! not CNN worthy.

Twitter is a waste of time. No one wants to know what anyone is doing at any particular time. If there is a person out there that cares that twitter is down, they are not being a productive member of society. Why can't people get a hobby or call someone if they want them to know what they are doing. The celebrities hire people to Twitter, they aren't really doing it except for a few really rich and bored ones.

Twitter being down made my day.

There are a thousand ways to connect to other people; ever hear of Skype? Or AIM or even -gasp, shock and awe- meeting for lunch?!

Seriously, Twitter being down is not a big deal- the entire network of your company or college being down- that's a big deal. Because then NOTHING gets done.

Twitter is for twits.

I honestly think the reaction to an internet site (one that was mainly designed for the attention-grabbing, drama queens – as proven by some of the comments made) being down is absolutely RIDICULOUS. Twitter hasn't been around forever, people survived then. The internet hasn't even been around forever and people still survived. People almost seem to think that the very Earth will stop rotating because they can't tell friends or random strangers (probably stalkers or pervs) what they're doing every second of the day. PATHETIC.

Long post? Yes. But this is something I couldn't resist getting my opinion on.

twitter is down? GOOD! GET A LIFE PEOPLE!

Really, Who Cares?
What did the world do before Twitter?
Before Blackberry?
Before Cellphones?

We got along just fine, thank you.
Twitter – and any resulting dependency – is for twits!

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
TWITTERS WILL NOT BE ASSIMULATED

It's kinda shocking to think that life existed and carried on quite well before Twitter...and the internet itself.

People need to get a grip. Whether it's a "good business tool" or not, it's quite pathetic that society feels an obsessive need to rely on these kinds of things. If the entire power grid of the country collapsed, we'd be in VERY sad shape.

I'm totally chillin wit my brohas, watchin tv an stuff. oh god I just tweeted, thats mad lame.

hang wit your homies! not your computer! meet wit your coworkers, not stalk their tweets! call a girl up instead of lookin at her updates to see if shes available for a date!!!!!!

good. People need a break from thinking people care abut the mundane details of their lives

Life goes on....we survived for years without Twitter and Facebook .A few hours won't kill anybody. Maybe it will force people to actually interact with others for once. We are losing that social skill as a society. Granted the instant access is wonderful and convenient but one should always have a plan B in place for communication if it is that important to them or necessary in their lives.

Twitter fits the new values of the American education system just fine. Can't carry a thought more than 140 characters. Isn't that amazing? What ever happened to actually talking to someone? Guess that's so 1999.

I'm not going to say that the internet's a poison or that people should shut up and get some excercise (i'm very much a tech addict myself and i think twiiter's kind of innovative) but come on! no one reallly wants to know how my tuna sandwich was! hardly any users on the site pay attention to anyone but their friends or celebrities so people shouldn't be to concerned about losing their "following"

Oh No! How will Ashton Kutcher survive the day? LOL

Really? How about you people go get a job. Plant a tree. Ride a bike. Hit the gym. If your life revolves around any type of social networking site, your a waste of space.

Too much over-connection and over-emphasis on non-productive time wasters like Twitter. Stop following Shaq and study, get a job, learn a language-maybe even English. Volunteer at the hospital or help needy people. Twitter is egomanical for those who tweet and hero-worship for the hordes who follow.

Who cares? One of the useless wastes of bandwidth on the internet that serves absolutely no useful purpose anyway.

What were we doing before Twitter? What were we doing before Facebook, MySpace and the like?

If we get worried, upset or ' feel naked' because Twitter goes down, we've got way too much time on our hands. We've become too dependent on stuff like this and that's not good.

Life goes on and stuff like this shouldn't stop ours. We need to get a grip!

I honestly think the only reason Twitter has gotten so popular is that a certain major news network has decided to cover it more than something more important, like maybe a couple wars that might be going on.

Hope it stays down!