State Dept. Helped Keep Twitter Up

2:50 pm EST June 16th, 2009 | News | 5 Comments

Good job.

The U.S. State Department contacted the social networking service Twitter over the weekend to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that could have cut daytime service to Iranians, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

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5 Responses to “State Dept. Helped Keep Twitter Up”

  1. A.R.Yngve says:
    June 16, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Technology drives culture. (Again.)

  2. oldmancoyote says:
    June 16, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    I’m not sure I understand tagging Clinton if you don’t even bother to mention her while giving props.

  3. Oliver Willis says:
    June 17, 2009 at 4:12 am

    Because its generally understood that the Sec. Of State runs the State Dept.

  4. Jay Tea says:
    June 17, 2009 at 7:49 am

    Huh?

    OUR State Department?

    The one in Foggy Bottom?

    They did this?

    They did something right and smart?

    Gotta be a mistake. They must have figured that the Iranians were gonna bash Bush or something.

    J.

  5. oldmancoyote says:
    June 24, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    A bit tongue in cheek, Oliver. I think you know what I’m getting at. You’ve been fairly negative a lot of times towards Clinton and in this particular instance when you’ve actually got something nice to say, neglecting to mention her at all, except with a tag, comes off as grudging. That was my point.