Twitter down? Hey, it happens, and sometimes it's even planned! Twitter may be down for planned maintenance tonight - Tuesday, November 17th - sometime between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Pacific time (2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. Eastern). That said, Twitter isn't actually planning to be down that entire time - it's more that they are planning maintenance, and so Twitter could be down at some point during those hours.
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Articles on TwitterTwitter down? Hey, it happens, and sometimes it's even planned! Twitter may be down for planned maintenance tonight - Tuesday, November 17th - sometime between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Pacific time (2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. Eastern). That said, Twitter isn't actually planning to be down that entire time - it's more that they are planning maintenance, and so Twitter could be down at some point during those hours. For those Twitter users who are still using Twitter through a web browser (do people really still do that?), Twitter is beta testing a new through-the-browser retweet function. Not everyone yet has access to this new retweet function, so we thought that we'd show it to you. Last month Twitter announced that it was rolling out a new feature, called Twitter Lists. This week Twitter started rolling out Twitter Lists across their entire user base. Here's an explanation of what Twitter Lists are, and how to use them. If you're a Twitter user whose native tongue is not English, Twitter has some great news for you! Twitter Translate is Twitter's initiative to translate Twitter into other languages. Under the Twitter Translator program, Twitter is "calling on the help of real Twitterers to translate our site into their own language." People who first sign on to Twitter have in the past been directed to a suggested list of users to follow on Twitter. Similarly, at some points in time, brand new users found that their new Twitter account was created with a pre-populated list of suggested users that they were already following, right out of the box. And of course you can always find the "suggested users" list under the "Find People" option on Twitter. But that all may change. Google has announced that they have partnered with Twitter to allow your Twitter messages - known as "tweets" - to be searchable in real-time on Google. This means that as soon as you say something publicly on Twitter, it will instantly be available to millions and millions of people who don't know you - or who do - in their Google search results. Twitter is fed up, and their not going to take it any more. The thing with which they are apparently fed up is spammers polluting people's Twitter streams with everything from "make money fast" scheme sites to porn. And so Twitter has added a "this is spam" button (well, actually a "report for spam" link) to everybody's profile, so that now you can report them to Twitter HQ with a single click. The High Court in the UK took the unusual step last week of allowing service of a court order on Twitter and, perhaps even more unusually, it worked! The order required that an anonymous defendant cease posing on Twitter as Donal Blaney, the blogger behind Blaney’s Blarney, and abandon the imposter account. The imposter account, using the monicker "Blaneysblarney", looked identical to the Twitter account under which Donal Blaney actually posts, at "Donal_Blaney". Microsoft isn't the only company to be stealing things from rivals this week. And it appears that the data from your Facebook inbox isn't the only thing that Facebook is mining. This week we discovered that Facebook has apparently cribbed Twitter's famous @username protocol for getting someone's attention. Recently we wrote about the fact that Twitter has just updated their Terms of Service, effective immediately (you can read our article about Twitter's new Terms of Service here). One interesting new development is the aspect of the new Twitter ToS ... As we recently wrote, Twitter has just posted a new Terms of Service. And, intentionally or otherwise, Twitter has banned anyone under 18 years old from using Twitter. Twitter has updated and posted new Terms of Service (ToS), which are effective immediately. The new Terms of Service more directly address the issues of spam, and make clear that what happens on Twitter can be used by Twitter, but still belongs to the user. The newest Twitter porn scam - where the Twitter users' messages are primarily links to their x-rated website - entails the porn-pushing (or pron, if you prefer) Twitter user sending out a message thanking you for sending a "Follow Friday" their way. Only, of course, you did no such thing. Amanda Bonnen - the woman formerly known as @abonnen on Twitter - was apparently unhappy with the mold growing in the apartment which she rented from property management company Horizon Group Management LLC. Earlier this year she said as much on Twitter, tweeting a Tweet (a Twitter message) in which she said "Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it's okay." Whether or not Horizon thinks that a moldy apartment is ok, they clearly think that talking about their moldy apartments isn't - this week Horizon slapped Amanda Bonnen with a lawsuit in which they ask for $50,000 in damages for that single Tweet. Tom O'Halloran seems to be taking over Twitter - he has by his own admission 30 Twitter accounts - many of from which he is following people and then messaging them when their account auto-follows him back (others are being held in reserve until he pulls the trigger on them). Hand_Gunner, ShortBusTweets, Director_of_IT, IT_Mgr_Resume, VegasPartners, TPO_Praise, TPO_Hisself, TPO_Humor, CzarOfCzarcasm, and more - they are all Tom O'Halloran. Who is, yes, a real person. If you are using FireFox and the No Script add-on, you may find that you have trouble accessing Twitter. In fact, it may seem as if Twitter is down, because you will be unable to access Twitter while your browser just waits and waits. Many, many people find themselves a bit lost when they first start using Twitter. They don't really get how to use Twitter. They don't really understand what Twitter is. Here is a clear, plain English, real-world explanation that answers the questions "What is Twitter?" and "How to use Twitter?" and that explains the various messaging functions of Twitter such as @, DM, D, Retweet, RT, and #, and including Anne's famous "Party Analogy" for Twitter. It has come to light that none other than the Obama administration itself asked Twitter to please delay planned routine maintenance this week, so that the juggernaut of Twittering and Twitter coverage of the Iran elections and ensuing demonstrations and riots could continue without interruption. Isreal Hyman and his wife were no doubt looking forward to their vacation a few weeks ago. Hyman, the proprietor of IzzyVideo.com in Mesa, Arizona, shared his plans with his 2,000+ followers on Twitter. So when he became the victim of a home burglery (which differs from robbery in that the victim is not present), he had to wonder if the burgler had seen his Tweets. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has confirmed that Twitter will begin the beta roll-out of a new Twitter service - the Twitter verified account service - designed to confirm and verify that the Twitter accounts of celebrities, public personalities, and other famous people are actually the accounts of the people they say they are, and not imposters and pretenders. With just two days until the 20-year anniversary of the horrific massacre at Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government has censored and blocked Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Live.com and Hotmail.com, and even the new Microsoft Bing.com It would seem that Phil Spector is Twittering from prison. While it seems unlikely, even unbelievable - and speculation about whether it's really Phil Spector Twittering from jail, or an imposter, abounds - in reading the actual Twitter messages, if it's not Phil Spector (whose full name is actually Harvey Phillip Spector, or "Harvey P. Spector"), then it's a darned good facsimile Tweeting in Phil Spector's name. Sources have revealed that there is a Twitter reality television show in the works, which would feature real time Twitter messages ("tweets") from the show's contestants, who will be pitted against one another in an effort to track down celebrities. Twitter has boldly gone where no social media has gone before: space. More specifically, one of the current crew members of the space shuttle Atlantis, Mike Massimino, is Twittering from space. Proving that it really wants to be the hip Internet administration, the WhiteHouse now has a Twitter account, a Facebook page, and a MySpace Page. Check out the Whitehouse Twitter account, Whitehouse Facebook account, and Whitehouse MySpace account here. That darling grapevine of the 21st century, Twitter, is being socially indicted and implicated in the increasing panic over the currently-anticipated swine flu epidemic. According to Evgeny Morozov, a fellow at the Open Society Institute, in an article published on the website of the Foreign Policy magazine, "having millions of people wrap up all their fears into 140 characters and blurt them out in the public might have some dangerous consequences." Following closely on the heels of the defendant who was acquited because the arresting officer revealed too much on MySpace and Facebook, two different trials are being appealed due to jurors Twittering and Facebooking about the trial, including in one extremely high-profile case. I recently posted on Twitter that I had the secret to knowing if somebody is following you or not on Twitter. I had so many people ask me about it that I'm going to reveal the secret now. This article is going to be controversial. Whether or not you should follow everyone who follows you on Twitter is a topic which engenders strong emotions and heated debate. In fact, just last week I was accused of "game playing" because I have 1600+ people who follow me on Twitter, while I 'follow' fewer than 50. The social networking generation gap technology has created is smaller than you may think. Online social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook used by adults? You bet! Facebook and Twitter are increasingly being used by Internet business people and entrepreneurs to reach both customers and peers. Taking a moment to update your Facebook status, or send the occasional message ("tweet") on Twitter can pay big dividends! It's the digital age and social networking online is a big part of online business! No longer are adults asking "What is Facebook?" - instead it's the teens complaining that "Facebook is recently becoming very overpopulated with grownups!" Recently I got a notice that someone of whom I'd never heard was following me on Twitter. Now, this isn't all that unusual - it happens to me at least once or twice a day. But when I checked this person's profile, it said they were following 32,244 people! Yes, I'd run into a new breed of spammer - pushing a new breed of Twitter spam. If you are like many people, you may be wondering what people see in Twitter - why use Twitter - what do people use Twitter for - what are the uses of Twitter (or, for that matter, even, what is Twitter?) If you are a Twitter member who is using Twitter to post Tweets to let your fellow Twitter users know what you're up to, then you're going to love this! Now you can easily post a Tweet to Twitter anytime - from anywhere - by making a telephone call! |
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