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OMG. Twitter down. Hit by DoS attack. Facebook also grinding. Cyber-sabotage suspected. And we can't even tweet the news. World grinds to halt. Not

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Matt White
Matt White - Finextra - Toronto 06 August, 2009, 17:26Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

Bit long-winded Paul. Us Twitterers get bored after 140...

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A Finextra member 07 August, 2009, 16:17Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

Hmm.  I use plenty of other microblogging tools, like identi.ca based on open source Laconi.ca so I didn't notice Twitter being down.

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