Fail whale frenzy: Twitter sluggishness has users feeling grumpy

anyone else having problems with twitter rn?

— ellen (@tedlupinn) April 23, 2013

Anyone experiencing slow response from Twitter?

— Lou (@lr3031) April 23, 2013

Is it just me or is twitter being really slow

— zaynmalik1D (@HORANtheworld) April 23, 2013

The last half an hour or so: 'Twitter is currently down for maintenance' pic.twitter.com/DSREgIfanA

— Sonja Jo (@Sonja_Jo) April 23, 2013

#Twitter went down pic.twitter.com/NJXlQm3gkc

— W K (@vilestmind) April 23, 2013

And with that my twitter is giving me all sorts of fits. FANTASTIC TIMING! :p

— LMR (@LilMissRightie) April 23, 2013

WHY IS MY TWITTER NOT WORKING?

— Abdurrehman (@IzActualyGooby) April 23, 2013

Is Twitter done being bratty?

— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) April 23, 2013

first the slow wifi connection and now my twitter app has a problem caN YOU NOT

— ️️pam (@leaksongs) April 23, 2013

twitter is loading really slow right now like seriously at a time like this?

— sarah (@imperialftzayn) April 23, 2013

OK, Twitter, I give up. You're being rubbish and slow. I suppose I'll have to go and write instead…

— John Xero (@xeroverse) April 23, 2013

My god, Twitter is "Manti Te'o running the 40" slow today.

— BigHeadSports (@BigHeadSports) April 23, 2013

I feel like my twitter is on slow-motion :O what's up with that?!

— 이민현 (@SamTheSlayer_) April 23, 2013

My twitter feed is running so slow. Blah.

— Sora (@nygirle) April 23, 2013

Longer I'd say – RT @intelwire: Is it just me or has Twitter been super glitchy the last day or two (both clients and Web)?

— Blogs of War (@BlogsofWar) April 23, 2013

Why is my twitter not working? Its taking like 4 minutes to send one tweet #badtimes

— Jack Williams (@JackOWilliams94) April 23, 2013

Not sure if I'm at Twitter or a government website. So motherfathering slow.

— not typical. (@JustinTWJ) April 23, 2013

FIX YOUR SHIT @twitter #GRRRRRRRRRR

— LMR (@LilMissRightie) April 23, 2013

Twitter is like Obama's economy today…… slow & sluggish!

— Chuck Nellis (@ChuckNellis) April 23, 2013

PSA: Twitter is down for some, as is iCloud and the iTunes Store – http://t.co/EbQv5QehBl

— Engadget (@engadget) April 23, 2013