14 Jun
What is this Twitpocalypse? Is it still affecting Mac, iPhone Twitter Apps?
Posted on 2009 under AppStore, Paid Apps | 1 Comment
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Loading ...Well Twitpocalypse is the name given to a bug that’s similar to the Y2K bug in its nature, and stems from the fact that every tweet sent out has a unique numeric identifier. This identifier is about to hit 2,147,483,647. This is happening to Twitterrific iPhone App from last 1-2 days now. TechCrunch reports, “This number is the signed integer limit and apparently when some third-party Twitter clients start hitting it, the identifiers will start turning negative, and those apps are likely to crash as a result.”
The latest news on this Twitpocalypse crisis is that it looks like its mostly averted, reports TechCrunch:
“As planned, we averted the twitpocalypse with a deploy this afternoon,” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone tells us. Excellent news. But there is one small temporary casualty of the problem, Twitter Search has been paused for about an hour, I’m told. But it should be caught up and back to normal soon, says Stone.
But I am still not able to use my iPhone app Twitterrific, the same error keeps popping up.
As a few commenters have noted, and I’ve just confirmed, the popular Twitter app, Twitterrific, is completely broken right now due to API errors — at least the iPhone version. Some reports have said TweetDeck is facing similar problems.
Any Help???
[via - TechCrunch]
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1 Comment
“Well Twitpocalypse is the name given to a bug that’s similar to the Y2K bug in its nature”
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Really? Get a life, you clearly have no understanding of this.