The Twitter social network was out of action for over an hour in Britain after it was overloaded with New Year messages.
The site crashed about 3 pm Saturday. That coincided with the celebration of midnight in Japan, when the revelers were sending a record 16.197 tweets per second, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.
The overhead meant that nobody could read new topics or existing ones. Instead, frustrated users were greeted with the error message ". Twitter is excess capacity"
The site returned to work, but then stopped several times, prompting speculation that he was being beaten by the New Year in different parts of the world.
The crash happened when the world welcomed in 2012, a year of historical importance to the UK, with the Olympics, Paralympics and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen willing to be decisive moments.
Up to 250,000 people poured into central London, some in Trafalgar Square watching the fireworks and other focused on the London Eye, the Mail said.
In Tokyo, people released helium balloons in front of Tokyo Tower at midnight with accompanying notes list their hopes for 2012. Many wanted a better year after the earthquake and tsunami of 2011, the newspaper added.
The site crashed about 3 pm Saturday. That coincided with the celebration of midnight in Japan, when the revelers were sending a record 16.197 tweets per second, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.
The site returned to work, but then stopped several times, prompting speculation that he was being beaten by the New Year in different parts of the world.
The crash happened when the world welcomed in 2012, a year of historical importance to the UK, with the Olympics, Paralympics and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen willing to be decisive moments.
Up to 250,000 people poured into central London, some in Trafalgar Square watching the fireworks and other focused on the London Eye, the Mail said.
In Tokyo, people released helium balloons in front of Tokyo Tower at midnight with accompanying notes list their hopes for 2012. Many wanted a better year after the earthquake and tsunami of 2011, the newspaper added.
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