This could have been avoided if the service was introduced slowly. Big launch days planned months in advance don't really play well with software development re

This could have been avoided if the service was introduced slowly. Big launch days planned months in advance don't really play well with software development reality. It is difficult to built software at scale without having all those users to provide for the load. They could start with small number of people and get more by invitation. This could have been done before all scaling effort.