The Super Bowl Almost Broke Twitter

Emma CarmichaelEmma Carmichael|published: Wed 9th February, 17:25 2011
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"[In] the final moments of the game, fans sent 4,064 Tweets per second – the highest TPS for any sporting event... Twitter users shattered that record six times over the course of the game." [ Twitter Blog, Wired]

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