Why Hashtags used to be down

Note: Hashtags is back up and running thanks to Twitter re-enabling XMPP messages.

It feels as though watching the twitter uptime graph is like watching GOOG’s stock graph. In short, we rely on twitter for tracking hashtags. We use their XMPP service to get real time updates from the 7000+ users that have opted in.

As you can tell, on May 29th, we received our last hashtag updates. It was at that precise time that twitter shut off their IM functionality and essentially killed hashtags.org. Bummer. At this point, we’re at their mercy. Once they restore IM services, we’ll be good to go… our bots are eagerly waiting for that XMPP stream.