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Re: The Great Internet Twit-Out. I don't get it. | iSeanReiser

anjrued — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:41:00 -0000

It's about a lot of things. One of those things being that Twitter isn't very respectful of their community when it comes to filling them in with a "We're working on it" message of any sort. It's just BAM, API down, server not found. Totally in the dark.

Re: The Great Internet Twit-Out. I don't get it. | iSeanReiser

anjrued — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:27:40 -0000

Haha, I'll think about it. But don't want to be put on the Blacklist for spamming ;-)

Re: The Great Internet Twit-Out. I don't get it. | iSeanReiser

anjrued — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:12:43 -0000

I'd love to see Twitter do it by themselves though is the point. I think if nothing is changed after Twit-Out, which probably won't happen because of the small percentage of users who will actually not Tweet, then maybe forming a "ETN" like project could be worth it. But I'd really love to see Twitter do it on their own.

Re: The Great Internet Twit-Out. I don't get it. | iSeanReiser

anjrued — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:24:31 -0000

For some reason I can't reply to your new comment directly, but here we go. While writing that comment I guess you haven't seen the update to my post (Update 2 actually) which I further explain the issue. Originally this project, for me at least, was a project based on frustration. It has now evolved into a brilliant conversation, which has both taught me and challenged me.

Twit-Out is not meant as a "solution", because there is not one event that will change the stability of an entire service. Especially one that isn't directly tied to the service at all. If Twitter was still in its beta beginnings, this sort of stability would be understandable. But they have been given quite a lot of time to make sure their service is stable. Is there any excuse to be down so often? If they were testing these new parameters on a test server, you'd figure that these cache issues would be caught, and a solution figured out.

Now, it might just be the condition of such a service that means that there will be some major cache issues along the way. But why tweak things so often that need to encounter a cache reset. And then no warning? Not even a "Sorry, we're working on it" type page? No. It's just dead. Is that anyway to treat a cult community?

Re: The Great Internet Twit-Out. I don't get it. | iSeanReiser

anjrued — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:50:00 -0000

My main point is that these server fixes shouldn't be maintained on the main Twitter site, effecting the whole community. There must be a way to test these changes before utilizing. It seems like they jump the shark.

Re: The Great Internet Twit-Out. I don't get it. | iSeanReiser

anjrued — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:10:15 -0000

Though all arguments aside, this is a great reply post, exactly the sort of conversation I wanted to see.