On Election Day 2012, Twitter Kills the Great White Fail Whale

Despite a torrent of tweets from across the globe, Twitter engineering managed to keep the site’s head above water.
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RIP, Fail Whale.

RIP, Fail Whale.

– Twitter Creative Director Doug Bowman, as Twitter’s engineering team held up under a massive 300,000+ tweets-per-minute server load on election night 2012

Twitter Partners With Topsy to Launch Election Index, a Political Barometer for the Social Masses

Twitter’s new tool could help campaigns gauge the general temperament of the electorate.
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