Japanese Twitterer Posts 20 Billionth Tweet
There have now been more than 20 billion tweets since Twitter’s inception. The 20 billionth Tweet, from a Japanese user with the name ”GGGGGGo_Lets_Go,” a graphic designer in Tokyo who works at an advertising agency, was sent at 3:44pm GMT. The message was part of a conversation that appeared to be a comment about a third party that had come online and onto Twitter.
The precise meaning was difficult to translate due to lack of context, but the user’s reaction to having sent the 20 billionth Twitter message was much easier to comprehend.
“It looks like I posted the 20 billionth tweet. I’m getting replies from people all over the world. It’s scary. What are the chances? Maybe I’m going to die. Is it more amazing than winning the lottery? I thought it was a joke,” he said in another Twitter message moments later.
Twitter indicated earlier this year that they’re seeing more than 50 million tweets per day. With the company recently breaking its own activity records during the World Cup. The 20 billion milestone comes just under five months since the 10 billionth “tweet” was posted in March this year. That’s about 10 times faster than the four years it took for Twitter to reach its first 10 billion.
Around 300,000 users sign up for new Twitter accounts every day and the sharp rise has put a strain on the company’s IT systems. The “fail whale” error page has become a common site to many users in the last few months, particularly during major news or sporting events, such as the recent soccer World Cup.
Twitter has said increasing the reliability and stability of the service was the company’s “number one priority.” A big step toward this should come later this year when the company opens its first dedicated data center.
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Soji Adeyanju is the CEO of Meediax.com, a web design, development & marketing agency based in the UK. Away from web development and social media activities, he is a professional photographer and a lover of nature.
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