did not take long, four seconds after midnight on December 31 in Japan, people set the record Tweet sent per second (TPS). At that moment the world but sent an astonishing 6.939 TPS wishing to friends and readers a proper "Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu" (Happy New Year! "). A
Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year), Japan basically stops while its inhabitants spend the day with your family and your loved ones. As in Italy, later this year, the Japanese keep in touch with friends and relatives to celebrate the end and the beginning of the new year. With a population of over 127 million, the Japanese cellular networks known to have problems supporting this collective wish. This year, many people have decided to use Twitter to celebrate.
The new record is more than double the Previous to 3283 TPS, reached during the win over Denmark in the Japan World Cup 2010. On the night of S. Silvestro that record was beaten 68 different times over a period of three minutes.
There was only Japan. The activity on Twitter throughout the world was epic, as a time zone entered the new year. The only East Coast of the United States reached a peak of 3,000 TPS, because the whole world in the important moments of the World Cup.
The video shows the Tweet's Eve around the world. The size of the circles is proportional to the number of Tweet sent at that time, the which means that the larger circles indicate midnight in that time zone. The circle is so big on Tokyo to cover Japan.
2011 and started with a bang, we'll see what else was in the Serbian Twitter. For the moment, we are pleased indeed to have helped so many people to keep in touch and celebrate with Twitter worldwide.
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