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#42I don't think there should be a HN submission every time Twitter/Google Talk/AWS has a short outage and I find this submission in particular to be of low value - that's why I flagged it.
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#44I swear, the way people panic when it drops off, Twitter is way more like a protocol than a website. It's like someone saying "Email is broken... Everywhere".
No panic, just having converstation about it! :) I think we can see it more like a service.
I'm just having fun! And dealing with my own PANIC in my own way.
Seriously though, think how dependent a lot of people are on Twitter. I'm not just talking about us nerds who like tweeting links about CSS hacks, or the people who like to take photos of their food.
Here in the UK train companies use it to put out information on service status. News networks use it as their primary means of connecting with the audience. Hell, I have several friends who seem to conduct their entire relationship via Twitter. It's also become the go-to method of communication for people who want to get a message to companies.
Whether or not this is overkill, that's for individuals to decide. But I'm 100% sure that Twitter has outgrown itself.