Twitter’s Laying Eggs: Many Avatars Missing
Billy Gallagher is a writer for TechCrunch. He is also the president and editor in chief of The Stanford Daily. Billy previously worked at The Stanford Daily for two volumes as a managing editor of news. He has also worked in sports and staff development at The Daily. In March of 2012 the Friends of The Stanford Daily awarded him... ? Learn More Twitter’s having a rough day. It was down for nearly an hour earlier today, and now, many users are complaining that their Avatars have been replaced by an egg, the Avatar given to newcomers who have not yet uploaded their own picture. Naturally, users are tweeting in droves complaining, trying to find out if they are showing up as an egg to their friends and making terrible egg-puns. Here’s my favorite so far: Hey. I just met you. And this is crazy. But am I an egg? #TwitterHashtagsBaby — Satoshi Hojo (@SatoshiHojo_) July 26, 2012 I’ve reached out to Twitter for comment and I’ll keep you posted. Update: Twitter has released a statement via t...