Comments on: A proposal for Twitter: Shut it down

But not for good. Close the site temporarily. Put plywood over the doors and windows, as it were, with a big "We're remodeling!" sign on the front.

[strongpimphand]

ONCE AGAIN A CNET ARTICLE THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXPLAIN WHAT THE BLOG ARTICLE ("TWITTER") IS!!!

I READ THE WHOLE THING EXPECTING TO KNOW WHAT SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN. I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT A TWITTER IS. THIS BLOG WOULD GET A RED MARKER ALL OVER IT LIKE ALL THE OTHER BLOGS WITH THE COMMENT "WHAT IS YOUR SUBJECT???"

I KNOW YOU PEOPLE ARE COLLEGE EDUCATED. WHY DON'T YOU SHOW IT????

[connectme360]

Twitter is obviously not learning from history...they're repeating the *same* mistakes as the once-upon-a-time CB radio industry:
http://connectme.typepad.com/news/2008/05/twitter-vs-cb-r.html

I mean, 3 servers to run all the databases for their entire infrastructure?? Talk about tempting fate!!! I look at your outage history for the past year...couldn't you have given Blaine Cook some sort of golden handshake that would help ensure uptime while you figured out how to re-architect yourself??
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/31/hey-twitter-i-have-a-few-questions-too/

[nickc321]

all I know is that when I went to show my wife how it worked... well it didn't, so guess what, she won't be joining the Twitter community... heck I've been investigating which alternative I like best.