Is Twitter Down

IS TWITTER DOWN? Twitter has apparently been down since about 04:53:18 US Eastern Time, and its amazing how riled people can get about a FREE service being down. Some people are calling their service providers to make sure that Twitter hasnt been inadvertently blocked! Hey, I love Twitter, but Im not ready to deal with an hour on tech support with my Internet provider, until Im sure its not a Twitter problem first. In any case, if anyone still thinks that Twitter can be ignored, Id think again. The search term is twitter down has rocketed to the 21st most popular google search in last few hours. --> So, if you havent jumped on the bandwagon, you may want to come see what all the fuss is about. Follow us at @writers4hire. Im not as big a junkie as some, but I do have to admit, its kind of a bummer twitter is down. 🙠 Update: Twitter is back up! But not before twitter down made it to #17 on the most searched for topics on Google. Wowsers