Twitter is Down; I Blame the Democrats
Wonderful. What else can we blame the Democrats for while we are at it?
The outage has lasted at least an hour at this point, and has eerily coincided with the announcement from CNN and other major news outlets that John Edwards has pledged support for Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic nomination for president. While Twitter vacillates between weathering major political discussions and crashing during them, and since we can’t blame Ruby on Rails anymore, I think the Democrats make as good of a scapegoat as any.
For those wondering why they are greeted with an “Over Capacity” holding page when attempting to reach Twitter in the last few days, here is a more plausible explanation.
