Twitter works part-time

Apparently, the Twitter folks didn't get the "It must scale" memo. The site has been down a lot lately and it is becoming a big issue for some users. If it becomes too much to handle, have a look at Jaiku. There is little doubt that Twitter's model is hard to defend. There are virtually no barriers to entry so unless you can grow your userbase very fast (popularity) and keep the users happy - you could be yesterdays news... fast. I like Twitter. I hope they can sort their reliability problems. Hanging in there, for now.