Why Twitter reminds me of Technorati back in the day

Early on, Technorati was almost always down.

Nowadays it's reliable.

At least half the time when I try to follow or block someone on Twitter, I can't — the site simply doesn't register the request.

To me that means it's down — not busy, down.

Black or white, up or down, there's no busy or gray.

I don't even get the Fail Whale.

Maybe the Twitter folks will get it right.

Or maybe they won't, and someone else will eat their lunch.

There're a lot of hungry people out there.