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1/2) These are web apps. Big web apps but web apps none the less. We know what can go wrong theres nothing really new here. How would you quantify "too many pieces to make work". Is 1000 too many , 10000 ???? There are millions pieces of data on your harddrive and they work fine. In general the idea of variance can be solved with redundancy. Maybe there are not enough backups at twitter.

5/4) Incompetent people lead by incompetent people surrounded by yes men and a drug culture. Also having a company that demonizes conservatives which are some of the best engineers (scientist are squares naturally)

Human error is bound to happen and software is complex but so are rockets and supply chains. Things can go right and things can go wrong. Usually when they do go wrong there is a human error reason.

Does twitter foster a place where human error can occur more frequently that other places? I dont know. I have my bias about the company and any sjw company but thats very anecdotal.

Twitter worked yesterday and it doesnt work today. Doesnt really have to mean anything really important except for the fact that there is a blind spot in their process which they need to harden.

I guess the first person to ask is the dev op , then the developer. Something wasnt tested enough. That happens in commercial software, deadlines cant wait.

3)Russia / China / Iran ... stop watching CNN. You are parroting talking points. If twitter is crushed America could care less and would probably turn up sanctions, not lift them. Taking down twitter wont cripple anything in America except for certain marketers budgets.