Why is #whentwitterwasdown popular right now?

Twitter WAS hacked by 'Iranian Cyber Army.' (as of December 18 at 15:01 UTC)
Category: Science | Trend originated by @acomputerpro | Most recent: July 19 at 15:40 UTC | First appearance: August 7 at 00:01 UTC | Last defined: December 18 at 15:01 UTC | Permalink
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Jul
19
+1 year
What were you doing while Twitter was down? is trending because Twitter had a massive server shutdown.
Defined by Anonymous via web July 19 at 03:12 UTC
May
21
+10 months
la gente sin vida, cuenta que hicieron cuando twitter estuvo caido.
Defined by @BackWaitForItUp via Twitter for iPhone May 21 at 00:17 UTC
Apr
5
+8 months
Twitter was down on 4-05-10, for approx 20 mins. People are tweeting about how they don't have lives because they worry about twitter being down. Go feel the sun kids.
Defined by @alexanoellee via UberTwitter April 5 at 15:45 UTC
Apr
5
+8 months
People are tweeting about what they did when Twitter was down & they couldn't tweet.
Defined by @7thEvan via UberTwitter April 5 at 15:08 UTC
Mar
18
+7 months
Twitter was down on 3-17-10, for approx 30 mins. People are tweeting about what they did when they couldn't tweet.
Defined by @n9tog via UberTwitter March 18 at 04:12 UTC
Mar
14
+7 months
Various peoples accounts were invisible on people's timelines for a significant period of time today. People are tweeting about what they did when they couldn't tweet.
Defined by @PeeteerSmith via Twitter for iPhone March 14 at 13:11 UTC
Feb
15
+6 months
Twitter was down for like 30 minutes so people are Tweeting what they did to pass the lonely time, without twitter. BORED!
Defined by @AlyceMillerr7 via UberTwitter February 15 at 23:55 UTC
Feb
15
+6 months
Twitter was down for a whole 10 minutes so people are Tweeting what they did to pass the lonely time.
Defined by @PeeteerSmith via Twitter for iPhone February 15 at 23:52 UTC
Feb
15
+6 months
Twitter was over capacity on the evening of February 12, so many people who were unable to log in are tweeting what they did when they got the fail whale page.
Defined by @DotzPocket via UberTwitter February 15 at 23:47 UTC
Feb
3
+6 months
Twitter was over capacity on the evening of February 2, so many people who were unable to log in are tweeting what they did when they got the fail whale page.
Defined by @TheMuH via web February 3 at 01:14 UTC
Jan
21
+6 months
Twitter was over capacity on the morning of January 20, so many people who were unable to log in are tweeting what they did when they got the fail whale page.
Defined by @JMar_ via UberTwitter January 21 at 01:05 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
Twitter was over capacity on the morning of 20 January, so many people who were unable to log in are tweeting what they did when they got the fail whale page.
Defined by @lovejones83 via UberTwitter January 20 at 21:34 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
no
Defined by @developar via Twitter for iPhone January 20 at 19:50 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
Twitter was over capacity on the morning of 20 January, so many people who were unable to log in are tweeting what they did when they got the fail whale page.
Defined by @eaglescout1984 via web January 20 at 19:48 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
People are explaining what things they do and how they feel when Twitter temporarily malfunctions.
Defined by @BlackTiePro via UberTwitter January 20 at 19:15 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
Another excuse for being bored
Defined by @PrestonHarrell via UberTwitter January 20 at 18:41 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
People are twittering about when twitter was down (over capacity)
Defined by @DashingDivaDomo via UberTwitter January 20 at 15:56 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
Peope are tweeting what they were doing when twitter was down this morning.
Defined by @xolishalove via UberTwitter January 20 at 15:55 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
Arab=sod money gangs biggest fail
Defined by @DEEZNUTS4LiFE via UberTwitter January 20 at 15:49 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
Twitter was over capacity on the morning of 20 January, so many people who were unable to log in are tweeting what they did when they got the fail whale page.
Defined by @eaglescout1984 via web January 20 at 13:04 UTC
Jan
20
+6 months
Twitter "Fail Whaled" for almost an hour due to an overload of tweets and people are tweeting about their activities during the down time.
Defined by @PaterzAttack via web January 20 at 13:02 UTC
Dec
18
+4 months
Twitter DNS was hacked, redirecting web page requests last night to 'Iranian Cyber Army.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdMZ9cQKErQ
Defined by @acomputerpro via web December 18 at 22:34 UTC
Dec
18
+4 months
Twitter WAS hacked by 'Iranian Cyber Army.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdMZ9cQKErQ
Defined by Anonymous via web December 18 at 15:01 UTC
Dec
18
+4 months
People are tweeting about what they did while Twitter was supposedly taken down by the "Iranian Cyber Army"
Defined by @katiegrrl1016 via web December 18 at 09:18 UTC
Dec
18
+4 months
People are tweeting about what they did while Twitter was supposedly taken down by the "Iranian Cyber Army"
Defined by Anonymous via web December 18 at 07:53 UTC
Dec
18
+4 months
WW3 began and I went to costco to build a nuclear shelter
Defined by @ojpitre via Twitter for iPhone December 18 at 07:46 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
What people did when Twitter was down
Defined by @simondemartini via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 06:15 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
#whentwitterwasdown maybe i was in school;)
Defined by Anonymous via web December 7 at 06:08 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
people couldnt read tweets from @heymerritt #whentwitterwasdown
Defined by @heymerritt via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 05:53 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
People are discussing what they did when Twitter was/is down
Defined by @gscal via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 05:01 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
People are discussing what they did when Twitter was over capacity.
Defined by @ViXiE09 via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 04:48 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
People are discussing what they did when Twitter was over capacity.
Defined by @zoovroo via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 04:12 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
@joshreasoner is lame
Defined by @joshreasoner via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 04:10 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
Twitter was down for quite awhile. People are posting what they did while Twitter was down
Defined by @zoovroo via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 04:10 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
I fucked your mother.
Defined by @itimik via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 04:05 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
What did you do when Twitter was down?
Defined by @jroth860 via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 03:53 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
jackin off
Defined by @Zachary825 via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 03:50 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
What were you doing while Twitter was down?
Defined by @jhuddly via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 03:45 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
i beat mi meet
Defined by @Zachary825 via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 03:37 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
Twitter had constant fail whales and robots earlier, and people think other people care about what they did when it was down.
Defined by @itimik via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 03:25 UTC
Dec
7
+4 months
Twitter crashed for a few minutes, people are commenting what they did in the mean time
Defined by @_Fest via Twitter for iPhone December 7 at 00:43 UTC
Dec
6
+4 months
Twitter just crashed for about 8 minutes and people are discussing what they did whilst it was down, i kept refreshing the page!
Defined by Anonymous via web December 6 at 23:59 UTC
Oct
9
+2 months
Twitter crashed for an extended period on Thursday. People are bringing their friends up to date on what they did during that time. PT-Br: O Twitter teve mal funcionamento durante um extenso período na Quinta-feira. As pessoas estão falando sobre o que elas fizeram durante esse intervalo de tempo.
Defined by Anonymous via web October 9 at 17:30 UTC
Oct
9
+2 months
Twitter crashed for an extended period on Thursday. People are bringing their friends up to date on what they did during that time.
Defined by Anonymous via web October 9 at 08:38 UTC
Oct
9
+2 months
RT @charlieputh: hmmm is @meghantonjes prego? oh wait she's just fatt.
Defined by Anonymous via web October 9 at 08:27 UTC
Oct
9
+2 months
people are saying what they did when twitter froze up earlier today
Defined by Anonymous via web October 9 at 00:18 UTC
Oct
9
+2 months
Miley Cyrus isn't dead so leave her alone :0(
Defined by Anonymous via web October 9 at 00:16 UTC
Oct
9
+2 months
Miley Cyrus has passed away.
Defined by Anonymous via web October 9 at 00:10 UTC
Oct
8
+2 months
People are talking about "when twitter was down" ...
Defined by Anonymous via web October 8 at 23:06 UTC
Oct
8
+2 months
RT @charlieputh: OMG!!! @andymilonakis sucks heavy duty cock! I have proof!
Defined by Anonymous via web October 8 at 23:02 UTC
Oct
8
+2 months
People are discussing what their lives were like when Twitter was down.
Defined by Anonymous via web October 8 at 22:44 UTC
Oct
8
+2 months
RT @justinbieber sucks balls. Woooooooo
Defined by Anonymous via web October 8 at 22:17 UTC
Oct
8
+2 months
RT @charlieputh: In the morning @justinbieber sucks cock. Woooooooo
Defined by Anonymous via web October 8 at 21:50 UTC
Oct
8
+2 months
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened.
Defined by Anonymous via web October 8 at 21:14 UTC
Oct
8
+2 months
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened. It's Twitter. We have no lives. People are still tweeting about it..
Defined by Anonymous via web October 8 at 20:02 UTC
Aug
9
+3 days
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened. It's Twitter. We have no lives. People are still tweeting about it...three days later.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 9 at 18:38 UTC
Aug
9
+3 days
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened. It's Twitter. We have no lives. People are still tweeting about...three days later.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 9 at 18:38 UTC
Aug
9
+3 days
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened. It's Twitter. We have no lives.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 9 at 16:29 UTC
Aug
9
+3 days
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened. It's Twitter. We have no lives. We're also faggots.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 9 at 16:11 UTC
Aug
9
+3 days
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened. It's Twitter. We have no lives.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 9 at 14:25 UTC
Aug
7
+15 hours
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 7 at 15:11 UTC
Aug
7
+8 hours
Thursday morning, Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 7 at 07:38 UTC
Aug
7
+4 hours
Because today Twitter was down for a long period of time, so bored people are talking about what they were doing while it happened.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 7 at 03:40 UTC
Aug
7
+3 hours
Because today Twitter was down for a long period of time, so people are talking about what they were doing while it happened.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 7 at 02:41 UTC
Aug
7
+25 minutes
Because today Twitter was down for a long period of time, so people are talking about what they were doing while this happened.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 7 at 00:26 UTC
Aug
7
+17 minutes
Because today Twitter was down almost for a long period of time, so people are talking about what they were doing while this happened.
Defined by Anonymous via web August 7 at 00:18 UTC

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