XF 1.4 Twitter DDOS causing Database errors?

[NYCFC]

So I use Twitter BBCode and when someone tried creating a thread right now with the tweet attached it wouldn't even load the thread. I'd be able to preview the content by going to their recent activity but when I'd click on it I'd get a database error.
I turned off the Twitter BBCode and just posted a screenshot of the tweet and all is fine.
Could this be possible?

 

[Paul B]

Yes, it's possible that an issue with Twitter would prevent the thread loading, as the content is pulled dynamically from Twitter.

 

[NYCFC]

Yes, it's possible that an issue with Twitter would prevent the thread loading, as the content is pulled dynamically from Twitter.

Thank you. Wanted to make sure I was taking proper measures and not over reacting