Twitter acknowledges technical problems, is not shutting down for a week; Update: #IfTwitterShutDownForAWeek trends

Is twitter broken. Or is it my connection.

— bren (@brenduhsun) January 22, 2013

Hmm. Is twitter broken, or is my twitter client broken?

— TinyVicious Dinosaur (@KittasaurusRex) January 22, 2013

Twitter appears to be having some problems (on Inauguration Day of all days) http://t.co/Hf3xfU6P

— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) January 21, 2013

Some users may be experiencing issues accessing Twitter. Engineers are working to resolve this problem.

— Twitter Support (@Support) January 21, 2013

Broken Twitter explained RT @Support Some users may be experiencing issues accessing Twitter. Engineers are working to resolve this problem.

— Tim Gatt (@TimGatt) January 21, 2013

Sooo apparently there is a rumor going around that twitter is gonna shut down for a week.. I don't think they'd do that..

— OneDirection Updates (@CaliTracking1D) January 22, 2013

if twitter goes down for a week or any longer than this I will meet all of you in therapy with our knees to our chest rocking back and forth

— J. (@theycallmejerry) January 22, 2013

if twitter shuts down for a week it means i actually have to do my homework and socialize this is not okay

— 1DGPS (@1DGPSOfficial) January 22, 2013

if Twitter gets shuts down for a week then my life is over…

— Austin Keller (@austinkeller) January 22, 2013

if twitter shuts down for a week i will literally go into cardiac arrest and die within the first two hours

— maegen conner ૐ (@inumillati) January 22, 2013

#iftwittershutdownforaweek i'd probably shut down with it

— Jack Baran (@JackMatthew) January 22, 2013

#IfTwitterShutDownForAWeek is not something you joke about. This is people's lives you're talking about!

— SomeGuyAnon (@SomeGuyAnon) January 22, 2013

#IfTwitterShutDownForAWeek i would literally take a notepad everywhere writing down every single thing tht happens to express my emotions

— charis *･ﾟ✧ (@choconouis) January 22, 2013

#IfTwitterShutDownForAWeek I'd get a boyfriend, develop a social life, get accepted into Harvard and climb Mount Everest

— Bri (@BriannaPar_) January 22, 2013

#IfTwitterShutDownForAWeek i would eat pizza and surround myself in pizza and cry and wipe my tears with pizza

— mer money (@lilwaynker) January 22, 2013

#iftwittershutdownforaweek :O Why is this trending nightmares are comin now

— Go Heat (@W4Y0FW4D3) January 22, 2013

#IfTwitterShutDownForAWeek no. no. NO. HELL NO. no, just no. nope, no way. no, not happening

— Jessica Costantino (@jesscostantino) January 22, 2013

Our Help Center is currently down. We will send an update when the issues have been resolved.

— Twitter Support (@Support) January 22, 2013

The site access issues have been resolved. Thank you for your patience.

— Twitter Support (@Support) January 22, 2013