UK turns to tweets and livestreams to manage 5-mile queue for The Queen
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#63PVE)
A queue of mourners lining up to pay their respects. | Photo by Kirsty O'Connor/PA Images via Getty Images The British have always had a reputation as a nation of queuers, but even by our standards these past few days have been a lot. As the late Queen Elizabeth II's coffin sits in London's Westminster Hall, thousands of people have queued up to pay their respects to the country's longest serving monarch. To manage this miles-long line, which many have taken to simply calling The Queue, the British government has turned to platforms including Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram to provide up to the minute updates.
Although The Queue is currently at capacity, with the government advising new people not to join it, as of 9AM UK time this morning DCMS reported that it was 4.9 miles (nearly 8km) long , with an estimated queuing time of 14 hours....