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Ellen DeGeneres and the Oscars take down Twitter

27 points by nodesocket 13y ago

rsiqueira 13y ago
I was reloading her picture (the first she posted during Oscar) and it was shared more than 500 times per second. When it was retweeted about 70000 times, the retweet and favorite status counter was not available anymore.
TheBiv 13y ago
I want to say this is their first major outage since going public (someone please correct me if that is incorrect). I wonder if the markets will care about this in the morning?
nodesocket 13y ago
The tweet that is the culprit, on track to beat Obama's for number of retweets. https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432 https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432
- nswanberg 13y ago
  Oh. I'd assumed pmarca went on a tweeting rampage one too many times.
yurylifshits 13y ago
Obama record (778 000 retweets) is broken, Ellen is now at 1M+ https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432 https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432 https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/266031293945503744 https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/266031293945503744
- nodesocket 13y ago
  at 643,000 retweets in 36 minutes. Wow!
- ufmace 13y ago
  I'm wondering, exactly what is it about this post that makes so many people want to share it? I tend to ignore most pop-culture stuff, is there something all historic going on here?
  - adyus 13y ago
    It gives a glimpse into the lives of actors one wouldn't otherwise see in the same image, while making them appear more human and approachable. Overrated? Maybe.
jimminy 13y ago
Just crossed 1,000,000 and it's too wide for the container.
- nodesocket 13y ago
  I'm only seeing 848K
  - jimminy 13y ago
    It's well north of that. http://imgur.com/Mb2IcT9 http://imgur.com/Mb2IcT9 Edit: Refreshed right after posting that it was at 1.15 million.
faramarz 13y ago
Just minutes ago it was at 1m+, now it's back at 700k+. People removing their retweets? is that even possible?
- rsiqueira 13y ago
  Each reload may get results from distinct servers that may be not yet updated with the current number.
salgernon 13y ago
So, I don't use twitter, but I find it odd that clicking the link on a mobile device (iPhone) takes me to a landing page where I must log in or create an account to see what is being referenced. There isn't a link directly to the content. I guess I'm not the target audience, but it really feels like I'm being turned away at the door of a particularly wonderful party that everyone is talking about.
- jimminy 13y ago
  I think it was pointed at Twitter, because Twitter was down momentarily. The actual post is shared in the comments. https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432 https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432

27 points by nodesocket 13y ago

I was reloading her picture (the first she posted during Oscar) and it was shared more than 500 times per second. When it was retweeted about 70000 times, the retweet and favorite status counter was not available anymore.

TheBiv 13y ago

I want to say this is their first major outage since going public (someone please correct me if that is incorrect). I wonder if the markets will care about this in the morning?

nodesocket 13y ago

The tweet that is the culprit, on track to beat Obama's for number of retweets. https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432 https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432

nswanberg 13y ago
Oh. I'd assumed pmarca went on a tweeting rampage one too many times.

yurylifshits 13y ago

Obama record (778 000 retweets) is broken, Ellen is now at 1M+ https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432 https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432 https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/266031293945503744 https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/266031293945503744

nodesocket 13y ago
at 643,000 retweets in 36 minutes. Wow!
ufmace 13y ago
I'm wondering, exactly what is it about this post that makes so many people want to share it? I tend to ignore most pop-culture stuff, is there something all historic going on here?
- adyus 13y ago
  It gives a glimpse into the lives of actors one wouldn't otherwise see in the same image, while making them appear more human and approachable. Overrated? Maybe.

jimminy 13y ago

Just crossed 1,000,000 and it's too wide for the container.

nodesocket 13y ago
I'm only seeing 848K
- jimminy 13y ago
  It's well north of that. http://imgur.com/Mb2IcT9 http://imgur.com/Mb2IcT9 Edit: Refreshed right after posting that it was at 1.15 million.

faramarz 13y ago

Just minutes ago it was at 1m+, now it's back at 700k+. People removing their retweets? is that even possible?

rsiqueira 13y ago
Each reload may get results from distinct servers that may be not yet updated with the current number.

salgernon 13y ago

So, I don't use twitter, but I find it odd that clicking the link on a mobile device (iPhone) takes me to a landing page where I must log in or create an account to see what is being referenced. There isn't a link directly to the content. I guess I'm not the target audience, but it really feels like I'm being turned away at the door of a particularly wonderful party that everyone is talking about.

jimminy 13y ago
I think it was pointed at Twitter, because Twitter was down momentarily. The actual post is shared in the comments. https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432 https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432