I was looking at the Sony's twitter account right around the time of the crash, and then again earlier (12 hours after the crash) and noticed that they've gained 10,000 more followers, which accounts for about a 6% increase in the past 12 hours. 

In the past 50 minutes since then, they've gained a 50% increase in the amount of followers they've been receiving as compared to the previous 12 hours. I expect them to receive a gain of about 10% by noon today.

Btw, I don't use Twitter, and have never viewed a single tweet until someone mentioned to me that Sony had acknowledged the problem through their Twitter acount:

http://twitter.com/SonyPlayStation

Lol, this is just a big ploy to get Sony more Twitter followers then

Twitter conspiracy confirmed?

Activity over the last 10 minutes shows a full 100% increase over the first 12 hours, and its accelerating. I guess everyone on the east coast started waking up for school/work/breakfast and noticed there was a problem.

I expect this tidal wave of Twitter-tards to stay strong for at least the next 6 hours (well after the entire West Coast has awoken.

I'm also following them now. :P

I've always been following them

It's like it's 2005 all over again.

Over 2000 users in the last 2 hours.

If you can't tell, I have nothing better to do right now.

28,800 new twitter followers. Thats a 17.7% increase within the last 18 hours. It'll be funny to see where this ends up at the 24 hour mark. I'm betting 25-30%.