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Coexist

(24,542 posts) Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:56 PM Sep 2012

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Sooooo.. will Barack Obama break Twitter and bring us to Defcon 5?

I'm breathless with anticipation.

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Sooooo.. will Barack Obama break Twitter and bring us to Defcon 5? (Original Post) Coexist Sep 2012 OP

You wanna translate that into English? It'd be cool to know what you mean. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #1

well, the DNC convention has jammed up The Twitterverse Coexist Sep 2012 #2

Ohhhhhh. Yeah, I noticed DU hadn't shut down some of the features. You DO go way back! nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #8

Clinton shut it down for about 15 minutes last night... Big Orange Jeff Sep 2012 #3

Probably. n/t GP6971 Sep 2012 #4

What hashtag? #Obama? Logical Sep 2012 #5

#DNC2012 #Forward2012 seems to be the popular combo Coexist Sep 2012 #6

Joe might break it first C_U_L8R Sep 2012 #7

"Defcon 5" is from the movie War Games (1983) ThatsMyBarack Sep 2012 #9

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

1. You wanna translate that into English? It'd be cool to know what you mean. nt

Reply to Coexist (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:59 PM

Sep 2012

Coexist

(24,542 posts)

2. well, the DNC convention has jammed up The Twitterverse

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:00 PM

Sep 2012

and Obama will be the apex of it.. wondering if it'll crash.

Defcon 5 is an old DU term for the site having fewer features back in the day, when traffic got heavy, like on election nights. It got very, VERY basic! lol. At some point, only donors could post on the site. I've been here awhile

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

8. Ohhhhhh. Yeah, I noticed DU hadn't shut down some of the features. You DO go way back! nt

Reply to Coexist (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:32 PM

Sep 2012

Big Orange Jeff

(262 posts)

3. Clinton shut it down for about 15 minutes last night...

Reply to Coexist (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:01 PM

Sep 2012

I hope the headlines in the morning read, "Obama's Speech Tops Clinton's"

GP6971

(31,133 posts)

4. Probably. n/t

Reply to Coexist (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:02 PM

Sep 2012

Logical

(22,457 posts)

5. What hashtag? #Obama?

Reply to Coexist (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:02 PM

Sep 2012

Coexist

(24,542 posts)

6. #DNC2012 #Forward2012 seems to be the popular combo

Reply to Logical (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:03 PM

Sep 2012

use them wisely!

C_U_L8R

(44,997 posts)

7. Joe might break it first

Reply to Coexist (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:05 PM

Sep 2012

OMG this is great stuff

ThatsMyBarack

(7,641 posts)

9. "Defcon 5" is from the movie War Games (1983)

Reply to Coexist (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:39 PM

Sep 2012

That's the highest level AWAY from WWIII (in the film).

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