Twitter Down: Back Up After Widespread Outage

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Twitter went down and then back up in what appeared to be a widespread disruption affecting users around the world. Visitors to the micro-blogging website were greeted by the following message:

Websites such as DownRightNow and Down Detector listed Twitter as being down, citing user comments for the information. The mobile app didn’t appear to be affected, and the micro-blogging site resolved the problem very quickly. The widespread outage only lasted for about 15 minutes, although some still reported a few minor problems afterward.

As is standard when a social network such as Twitter goes down, users resorted to complaining on the other major social media outlet: Facebook.

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