Twitter may be addictive, popular with the geek crowd, and possibly even the next Facebook. But the service sure goes down pretty frequently. You'd think Twitter's frequent downtime/outages would present an opportunity for another micro-blogging service like Pownce or Jaiku to swoop in and steal the site's user base. But once you've got a few hundred followers, you're pretty much locked in to the service.
So what's a Twitter addict to do when they can't login to the service? Well, the first thing you should do is check and see if you're the only one having the problem. And since you can't send out a tweet asking your followers for help, you can turn to Is Twitter Down. This web site makes Down for Everyone or Just Me look feature-rich. While that site will actually spit out a sentence letting you know if the web page you enter is down or not, Is Twitter Down gives you a monosyllabic answer to just one question: Is Twitter down.
The site does have one more trick up its sleeve. Click on Yes or No and you get taken to an Amazon product page for a rather appropriate item.
Oh, and in related news, Down for Everyone or Just Me is down today. There's a nice message on the site letting us know it will be back soon though.
[via ouroboros]
Thanks deathwombat!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-19-2008 @ 6:51PM
Tom said...
Well, "no" sends you to Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" mp3 download. Wonder what Yes sends you to?
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5-20-2008 @ 8:07AM
Atanas Boev said...
Lol, istwitterdown.com is down :)
Someone should create isistwitterdowndown.com...
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5-25-2008 @ 2:38PM
Stan said...
Check out http://downornot.com/ or in this case: http://downornot.com/twitter
5-25-2008 @ 10:53AM
Atanas Boev said...
@stan: you mean http://www.downornot.com/istwitterdown :)
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