Alot of people are talking about Twitter being down.
I have recently called for Twitter to decentralize, I believe the features of Twitter can be covered by Tumblr, and now I realize that I’m a dedicated Twitter user and plan on staying that way. I cant explain all of the reasons why, but I am sure that its really great and I love it.
So I thought it was a great time to finally bust out my Twitter 404 Art Collection that I have been working on for almost a year. I hope you enjoy it, please send me any screen-caps of official Twitter down designs you have come across and look for a Twitter Down Art meet-up here in NYC in coming months.
Improvement soon message:
Improved Message:
Using the cute:
Napping:
Lost Connection:
Upgrading:
Upgrading (variation):
Uncertain technical problem:
Temporary Downtime
Scheduled Downtime (variation on Temporary Downtime)
The Existential:
Totally Stressing out a bit. Submitted by Britney Mason:
Overflow, shutting down for the night:
Something Went Wrong:
Something Went Wrong (variation):
Down for Database Replication Catchup:
Over Capacity (variation):
I think this one is inadvertent:
Some experts suggest this work may not be authentic:
Server Not Responding:
Ice Cream Cone Chills With Twitter Worm:
Added, 2010:
Animated Fail Whale created completely in CSS:
From Subcide
BP Fail Whale:
Updated July 11, 2019:
(S)he’s back. Less faded than before, and almost no padding on top. Noted: Most of the down messages from the early days above show each message is in a speech-bubble, being said by the twitter logo, or, what twitter has to say itself. No longer.
