Apparently, someone thinks this blog is an authorative source for Twitter information.
While browsing through our referrers for the past month, I noticed the Wikipedia listed, which struck me as odd, to say the least.
At first I thought someone had created an entry for AppsLab, which weirded me out, but it turns out that a post I did on Twitter’s MacWorld failure episode back in January was cited in the Twitter Wikipedia entry.
. . . Twitter’s downtime was particularly noticeable during events popular with the technology industry, such as the 2008 Macworld Conference & Expo keynote address.[29][30]
If you click citation 30, you’ll see my post listed as a reference. I derive a small measure of geeky pride from this, so if it was you (VoyagerFan5761?), thanks. Maybe someday, this blog and the ‘Lab will be cited in Wikipedia for more reasons germane to our mission.
But until then, you know where to find your updates on Twitter, and at least now, you’ll know this is an authoritative source.
Because Wikipedia said so.
On a related note, Twitter seems to have survived Apple WWDC for at least one day. I guess turning off certain features and lowering the API call limits were effective. Huzzah for learning from your mistakes.
Nope, not me. 🙂 Wish I could take credit, but I haven't been editing much in the past month or two, beyond a few anti-vandal patrol sessions. But it's really cool that you've been cited.
Ah, a little digging through the article's history and I found the edit that added the reference. Editor, thy name was White 720. If I'm lucky, this comment will be update-worthy. 😉
It's nice to see a good half-joking post about a citation in Wikipedia representing authority. 😀
Thanks for the sleuthing. I knew if you weren't responsible, you would know know who was. Like I said, I'm feeling some geek pride for the citation; there are loads of other sources of Twitter “authority”. So, I'm in good company.