Over-Tweeting

Are there too many tweets on Twitter? The system can't seem to keep up.

State of the Twitter, June 2008 by Dave Winer
http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/06/28/stateOfTheTwitterJune2008.html

Twitter Conversations Come To A Screaming Halt; Users Simply Move To Friendfeed
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/27/conversations-come-to-a-screaming-halt-on-twitter-users-simply-move-to-friendfeed/