Twittering into the void

I'm trying out Twitter. It only gives you 140 characters per post - which is quite a good discipline for me.

Earlier, I asked this:

Has interactive tech increased the capacity for wasted interactivity because it also provides a better hiding place for people who aren't?

As soon as I posted it, I realised that Twitter is going through one of it's regular hangtimes - all of my just-started 'follower list' had disappeared so all Twittering today is pointless. Which kinda adds a further dimension to the observation, dunnit?