Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Is Twitter's breakneck growth causing a backlash?

Is Twitter's breakneck growth causing a backlash? That´s the CNN report´s title: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/31/twitter.fail.whale/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular
 
Tips:
break·neck (brknk)
adj.
1. Dangerously fast: a breakneck pace.
back·lash (bklsh)
n.
1. A sudden or violent backward whipping motion.
2. An antagonistic reaction to a trend, development, or event: "As the backlash against divorce progressed, state legislatures . . . called for a rollback of no-fault divorce laws and even for premarital waiting periods" Walter Kirn.
3. A snarl formed in the part of a fishing line that is wound around the reel.
4. The play resulting from loose connections between gears or other mechanical elements.

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