Cutest/Weirdest Error Screen Ever
The other day I was attempting to tweet via the Twitter website (rather than Twitterific on my desktop or iPhone), and I got this error screen. What could that image possibly be meant to connote? I think it’s supposed to imply that each tweet is like a bird that tugs on a little string attached to a whale, which represents Twitter’s servers. Too many tweets at once and the whale is actually lifted out of the ocean, which of course represents the internet itself. The whale here seems strangely at peace with that though, as if it is getting a much-needed little break.
In any case, I think Twitter has been struggling a bit to handle the spike in traffic it must be receiving after all the recent attention. There have also been sporadic errors in my desktop Twitterific, although markedly less cute:
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I love Twitter’s Fail Whale. There is a partial explanation on the Wikipedia entry.
Twitter has grown by more than 33% in ONE MONTH, so growing pains make sense. I’m sometimes surprised it works as well as it does.
Hey Andy,
I also thought that was the cutest error screen. I actually spent more than a couple seconds looking at it because it was so cute.
Haha, for sure. Any error screen that can make you smile is better than one that makes you cringe.