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Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets
You’ll also be happy to know that our friend the fail whale shows up far less often than he (she?)
used to. Over the past year or so, Twitter has made impressive strides in not only plugging the
leaks but also shoring up the foundations, so the service is now more reliable than ever.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean it’s 100% reliable (online, nothing is). The fail whale still drops by
unannounced on occasion, but Twitter also suffers from other gremlins from time to time. For
example, you might see the whimsically mysterious Something is technically wrong page, as
shown in Figure 1.3, if Twitter blows the online equivalent of a gasket.
So it pays to keep on top of Twitter’s current status. There are a couple of ways you can do this.
1.3 If a wrench gets thrown into the Twitter works, you might see this page.
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