The Twitter bug: The hiccups are ho-hum
For a moment, it felt like I was the last man on earth - no one to follow on Twitter and no one following me.
But then I slapped myself around and suddenly remembered that this isn't that big of a deal. OK, so Twitter is experiencing some hiccups, which were the result of an annoying bug earlier in the day, one that could force one user to follow another. As I write this, Twitter is working on restoring order in the Twitterverse.
I couldn't help but wonder if my ho-hum reaction to this Twitter crisis had a deeper meaning or showed my true feelings about Twitter. If Twitter disappeared today, would it change my world?
Maybe. I don't know. Maybe not. It would definitely change the timeliness in which I learn about breaking news events. It would change the way I scan the Internet for news and other links. But are there others ways to get this information without Twitter? Sure. As a side note, here's an interesting question to ask: What if it had been Facebook that your friends list? What would the reaction have been? My guess - online riots, for sure.
It's also worth noting that the Twitter problems seemed to have been limited to the actual Twitter.com web interface. Even though I appeared to be the last man standing (or the bigger Twitter loser ever) on Twitter.com, the chirping noise from TweetDeck is just as frequent as it always is.
I haven't missed a thing. (Pun intended.)
update 11:28 a.m. PDT: Of course, as I published this post, news comes in (via Twitter, of course) that Twitter is now back to normal and all followers/followees have been restored. I checked my account and confirm.
Nothing more to see here, folks.