Twitter error messages & fail whales
June 23rd, 2009 Posted by Missie at 8:04 pm
As twitter’s such a popular microblogging platform and supports such an incredible load of users who tweet 24/7, it’s infamous for it’s frequent down times for maintenances, updates and enhancements.
But what makes twitter even more special is it’s cool take on messages and associated images posted when twitter’s down or under going maintenance.
We’ve put together a cool collection of the best twitter error and service messages that shows of the creative side of twitter.
Over capacity
Something went wrong
Suspended account
Maintenance
Upgrade
404
Page not valid
Locked out
Application access
New feature
So what do you do if you come across one of these gems? Just read the message and follow the instructions twitter outlines. You’ll be back tweeting in the nick of time.
Have your own take on twitter’s images? Show us below, and while your at it, follow us on twitter at @tweeterland
Want more? There’s other cool cat’s out there making there own take on twitter’s error and service messages. See a flickr group who’s taken to the next step -http://www.flickr.com/groups/782978@N20/.
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7:38 am on June 28th, 2009
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3:59 pm on July 9th, 2009
I just realized how incredibly beautiful Twitter artwork is! I wonder who’s the artistic genius behind it?
6:47 pm on July 9th, 2009
It’s great to see something so popular like twitter, keep a real/ humorous side to the internet and to error messages a like! I thought it was so incredibly creative, I couldn’t help but dedicate a post to it!
Missie | Tweeterland admin