Comment by pclmulqdq
2 years ago
Large distributed systems that have already been built can often limp along for a very long time before falling over. I would give Twitter at least another 3-6 months for stuff to start breaking.
2 years ago
Large distributed systems that have already been built can often limp along for a very long time before falling over. I would give Twitter at least another 3-6 months for stuff to start breaking.
Yep. Distributed systems, like any complex systems, follow "slowly at first, then all at once."
Agreed entirely, but I thought the "free speech" stuff would last longer than that 3-6 months, if for no other reason than to avoid the embarassment of it.
On what level do you mean? 2fa already broke at one point (no clue if they fixed it I don't use two-factor as my twitter account is not terribly important)
You'll know the level when it happens - I am referring to multi-day outages. 2fa being broken doesn't surprise me at all. I bet the didn't want to pay the bill.
To be clear, it could take years.
Oh yeah the full "can't access the site" could be a long way off. Could also be tomorrow if the wrong thing starts breaking and no one left understands how to maintain it.