It’s funny to see how ‘failwhale’ has entered the lexicon of so many web users. I know it’s harsh to put the boot in like this but the reality is that Twitter has some major issues that need to be taken seriously by those behind it but also by a number of its users. I remember when there were lots of people being vocal about ditching Jaiku in favour of Twitter. Now it seems like it was a mere veil to move to Twitter because they preferred it and just didn’t know why! There’s nothing wrong with that per se, as long as you can admit that it’s personal bias. Anyway, the stability of Twitter has improved but there are still serious issues there and I can’t see how buying Summize was a bright idea other than in a extend, embrace, extinguish kind of way. Twitter has inspired some fantastic apps though – look at Twitterfone.com so it’s not a useless endeavour as there’s a sound requirement for a site like Twitter. However, microblogging in a Twitter sense needs to be nimble and having the ‘exchange’ go down frequently just doesn’t work.