Drop, Cover, and Send a Tweet? Twitter Blows up During Virginia Earthquake
The Daily Telegraph reports that Tuesday’s earthquake in Virginia generated more than 5,000 tweets per second. That’s more than went out about Osama Bin Laden’s death and as many as were sent during the Sendai earthquake in Japan. When an earthquake strikes, people turn to social media to communicate. 140 characters’ worth of information may be all you need to let loved ones know you are okay or crack wise about the disaster.
By Elizabeth Rood
US East Coast earthquake generated more Tweets than Osama bin Laden death
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I’ve been trying to log onto my twitter account for 3 days now, however every time I type in my username and password I get a message saying: ‘Twitter is over capacity’. It doesn’t matter what time of the day or night I log in, I always get this message, sooooooo frustrating! Does anyone know how to bypass this??