While watching the presidential debate on Friday, I was also following along with the conversation on
Twitter. As expected, most people on Twitter were following the debate and giving their play-by-play commentary. With so many people on Twitter, I hoped Twitter would have beefed up their servers for the heavy amount of traffic they were going to receive during the debate. I knew better though. I predicted a 'fail whale' and it did indeed happen:
The 'fail whale' came out during the debate. While it wasn't long lasted, it was still an epic fail. Imagine if you were watching the Super Bowl and your TV reception kept going in and out, you wouldn't stay with that cable company much longer would you?
Twitter needs a business model, a revenue stream, and more reliable servers.The VP debate is this Thursday. Let's hope Twitter can handle it. I wouldn't bet on it though.
