At a Loss for Words: The Day Facebook, Twitter Crashed

Washington Post by Monica Hesse | Aug. 7, 2009 (News Analysis)

What happened Thursday, in 140 characters: Twitter went down. Facebook went down. People panicked, unused to not oversharing minutiae of life. Twitter back up. Facebook back up. Phew. Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech, Media
Topics: Internet, Social Networks
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Posted by: Posted by Arun Prabhu - Aug 7, 2009 - 1:15 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Arun Prabhu (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Juliet Sallette (review), Peter Paul (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Aug 7, 2009 - 10:30 AM PDT

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Kaizar Campwala
3.3
 by Kaizar Campwala - Aug. 7, 2009

There could be a good story in this, but Hesse keeps the story snarky and superficial, much like the social networks she tacitly maligns.

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Arun Prabhu
4.1
 by Arun Prabhu - Aug. 7, 2009

The two firms not talking about probable implications for their users is being a bit irresponsible. Adds to the as yet simmering privacy concerns..

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Juliet Sallette
3.8
 by Juliet Sallette - Aug. 8, 2009
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Peter Paul
4.2
 by Peter Paul - Aug. 10, 2009

its a good story but i like to read a website / newspaper regularly before I trust the viewpoint.

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