February 2012
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Tumblr down
staff: For several hours this evening, an issue resulting from a software upgrade caused the Dashboard to be slow or unresponsive for many users. While your blogs were not directly affected, we know that incidents like this are inexcusable. We’re incredibly sorry and appreciate your patience with us tonight. Tumblr was (partially) down earlier this week.
Feb 4th
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January 2012
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When Tumblr is down will be blacked out on January...
I’ve added the javascript code provided on sopastrike.com to whentumblrisdown.com so the site should be “blacked out” for 12 hours on January 18. I’m joining several other websites in a global blackout to protest SOPA and PIPA (these bills are just crazy - definitely not the right way to go). I’m not in the US but I signed this petition. If you are in the US you can...
Jan 17th
November 2011
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When Tumblr is down... What happens? Why is Tumblr... →
There are now over 50 different “When Tumblr is down…” sentences. Collect them all ;)
Nov 6th
August 2011
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Aug 3rd
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Aug 3rd
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Aug 3rd
July 2011
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Jul 19th
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May 2011
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Press
Talking about msnbc, did I tell you about all the other press whentumblrisdown.com has gotten? Here are a few links: Los Angeles Times Techland @ TIME.com The Atlantic The Huffington Post The Next Web Good times :)
May 5th
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May 5th
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April 2011
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When Facebook is down... What happens? Why is... →
Did you know about this spin-off? I posted about it on Twitter some time ago. Some similarities there, but some new (Facebook specific) stuff too ;)
Apr 7th
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February 2011
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Feb 2nd
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January 2011
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The Fail Whale and some Tumbeasts spend a nice day...
oatmeal: High-res version Love this :)
Jan 31st
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Dear Tumblr
oatmeal: If you’re going to go down, you might as well blame it on an imaginary animal like Twitter did with their infamous Fail Whale. I’ve taken the liberty of creating this animal for you: Please use it.  Please oh please.  -The Oatmeal Good one :) Update: David Karp just sent Oatmeal an e-mail and they’re actually going to use it.
Jan 24th
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A quick fact
On average people look at 9.75 pages per visit to WhenTumblrIsDown.com So people are missing out on a lot of funnies because there are a lot more sentences in the “pool” that is picked out of randomly ;)
Jan 2nd
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December 2010
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Dec 12th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Tumblr Staff: Downtime →
staff: Yesterday afternoon, during planned maintenance that was not intended to interrupt service, an issue arose that took down a critical database cluster. This brought down our entire network while our engineers worked feverishly to restore these databases and bring your blogs back online. While you… Well… that was quite a ride :) The site usually gets traffic spikes when...
Dec 7th
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November 2010
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Nov 4th
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Nov 2nd
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Nov 2nd
October 2009
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Oct 11th
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August 2009
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When Tumblr Is Down.com →
I was just checking my web logs and noticed a huge traffic spike on August 8th. After some digging I think I’ve found the source: soupsoup soupsoup (aka Anthony De Rosa) is a fairly known entity in the Tumblr universe (I keep seeing his name pop up every now and then) and it looks like he has a nice following - his post resulted in some nice traffic, a few reblogs and several likes. So,...
Aug 11th
Tumblr support
Yay! I just got my first Tumblr support e-mail through my contact form :) He was having problems accessing tumblr.com on AOL… I tried to help him the best I could but I also pointed him towards support at tumblr dot com.
Aug 6th
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July 2009
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Some more hints...
If you don’t quite get all the sentences on When Tumblr is down here are a few more hints: topherchris Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle GPOYW You can see previous hints here and here. *Bonus hint: If you hover over the links you get extra details :)
Jul 9th
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New additions
I’ve been adding new “When Tumblr is down…” endings every now and then. They’re up to 44 now - have you seen them all? What’s your favorite?
Jul 9th
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staff: The Dashboard was just offline for about 30 minutes after a switch failed on one of our racks, which reduced server capacity. Access to blogs was interrupted momentarily. We’re very sorry for the inconvenience. (Thanks to the team at The Planet for the fast replacement.) WhenTumblrIsDown.com comes to the rescue yet again ;)
Jul 1st
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May 2009
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May 24th
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May 24th
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staff: The datacenter hosting Tumblr’s primary infrastructure just suffered major connectivity issues, leaving the site inaccessible for the last 30 minutes.  All access is now restored, and we’re investigating the cause. Our deepest apologies to anyone affected. Good thing there is WhenTumblrIsDown.com, right? ;)
May 12th
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March 2009
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When Tumblr is down. →
shakingtambourine: josilyn: itmakesyounormal: lssgbbn: blindromance: intoxicatedrats: (via soulgarden) Looks like Crystal at Soul Garden found When Tumblr is down and decided to share it with her readers - that resulted in a few reblogs and likes. Thanks :) I’m glad that Tumblr users seem to like the site.
Mar 22nd
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A few more hints...
How many times have you refreshed the page? Have you seen them all? Do you get them all? If you don’t quite get the reference in some of them here are a few hints: Fight Club Jake and Amir NonSociety That’ll be all. Until next time… In case you missed it, here are a few previous hints.
Mar 19th
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January 2009
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Server maintenance
stevienyc: staff: We’re performing a major server upgrade over the next 24-48 hours. During this time, there will be two periods during which we will disable posting for a few minutes. The first period will be within the next few hours. Brief downtime is possible during points in this process, but we’re working hard to avoid it. Thank you for your patience! I guess it’s a good time to...
Jan 8th
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When Tumblr Is Down.. →
stevienyc: tim-ryan: fighterofthenightman: lisbetancourt: isthisblood: (via cassiesheets) Cool, looks like Cassie found When Tumblr is down and posted it - which lead to a few reblogs and another spurt of traffic. Very nice. Thank you :) I’m glad people like it… But I’m thinking maybe I need to add a few sentences to the random pool - if you have any suggestions and...
Jan 7th
December 2008
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Dec 30th
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whentumblrisdown.com →
awesome-everyday: (via livejamie) Looks like livejamie (aka Jamie Martin) found When Tumblr is down a few days ago and posted it on his fairly popular tumblelog. That resulted in a few reblogs and another spike in traffic. Thanks :) Alright, two Tumblr big shots (livejamie and topherchris) have posted WTID on their tumblelogs, nice… I wonder what Tumblr big shot will be next. David Karp...
Dec 29th
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WhenTumblrIsDown →
blaise: howl: randyhaddock: thelosspeaks: three50eight: (via busstopromance) Another spike in traffic because of this post and the following reblogs. If I read my web stats correctly BusStopRomance found the site after google-ing when tumblr is down. Thanks for posting the link and for all the reblogs people :)
Dec 14th
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New additions!
I just added a bunch of “When Tumblr is down…” sentences. See if you can catch them: When Tumblr is down
Dec 2nd
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November 2008
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Nov 17th
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When Tumblr is down... →
topherchris: Hannes tips me to this new site he made. (Aw, thanks!) Oh, yeah! Look mom, I’m famous - topherchris linked to my site ;) Now, onto my next goal: Get a date with Natalie Portman.
Nov 10th
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Get it?
If you don’t get some of the references on When Tumblr is down here are a few hints: Garfield Minus Garfield WTFDINTK Twitter Status That’s all for now… Can you find the matching references on When Tumblr is down?
Nov 4th
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October 2008
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Oct 29th
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