Michael Jackson si Internetul dupa el

‘How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it’s just one — if that one is Michael Jackson.’

Este prima fraza dintr-un articol CNN intitulat ‘Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him

E clar ca impactul stiri mortii lui Michael Jackson este impresionant. Poate fi fara indoiala comparat cu 9/11, moartea Dianei (si nu curca, pentru cunoscatori) sau orice alt eveniment va vine in minte. Daca in cazul evenimentelor enumerate de mine mai devreme, internetul era inca un copil, astazi putem spune ca Internetul este macar un adolescent. E clar ca a evoluat atat prin continut cat si prin rata de penetrare, iar despre Web 2.0 chiar nu cred ca trebuie sa mai spun nimic. Unde vreau sa ajung? E simplu…. toate site urile au raportat momente de outage cum ne place noua sa spunem, momente in care hit-urile au fost mult mai multe decat le era dat saracelor servere sa poata duce.
Citind pe diagonala articolul CNN extrag urmatoarele:
– Between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson;
– At its peak, Google Trends rated the Jackson story as “volcanic”;
TechCrunch reported that TMZ, which broke the story, had several outages;
– CNN reported a fivefold rise in traffic and visitors in just over an hour, receiving 20 million page views in the hour the story broke;
– The site’s status blog said that Twitter had had to temporarily disable its search results, saved searches and trend topics;
Wikipedia saw a flurry of activity, with close to 500 edits made to Jackson’s entry in less than 24 hours. CNET reported that by 3:15 p.m. PT, Wikipedia seemed to be “temporarily overloaded;
Si as putea continua….
M-as opri asupra CNN: 20milioane page views in prima ora dupa aparitia stirii…. Twitter care a avut si el momente de uluiala, iar adminsitratorii au luat decizia dezactivarii temporare a search-ului, trend topics… Wikipedia cu 500 de edituri in primele 24 de ore.
Pe langa toate acestea am mai invatat ceva sau mai bine zis s-a mai confirmat inca odata ideea confi=orm careia internetul este mai mult decat internet. In Romania, dar sunt sigur ca si in celelate tari, oamenii au organizat intalniri doar prin intermediul blogurilor. Nu au fost comunicate oficiale, stiri sau altceva.
Si in incheiere 2 glume bune puse una langa alta: Atat Twitter cat si Chuck Norris au stiu dinainte ca Michael e mort. 🙂

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