PC World reports that the recent surge in Twitter usage has brought back the Fail Whale:

Twitter appears to be experiencing more growing pains. Users and the service itself recently have reported a spate of problems

I find it fascinating that so many people use, enjoy, and even rely on Twitter - while at the same time, there's nothing that even vaguely resembles a revenue plan for the company. Eyeballs aren't enough, especially if - like me - you think that advertising is mostly a dead end...

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