{"id":727,"date":"2012-12-25T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2013-05-20T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T17:44:08","slug":"social-medias-zoo-of-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/social-medias-zoo-of-fail\/727\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media\u2019s Zoo of Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re on Twitter, you know the Fail Whale: When Twitter\u2019s servers get overloaded (it happens surprisingly often) an image appears of a sleepy whale being hoisted out of the water in a net by several tiny birds. It\u2019s Twitter\u2019s cute way of apologizing for a significant service outage. But Twitter isn\u2019t the only online service that has an amusing image that uses a charming mascot to deliver bad news. Here are the rest of the cuddly inhabitants of the zoo of online failure:<\/p>\n

\"google-whale-fail\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Google Books\u2019 Whale Fail<\/strong>: In what must be a surefire case of intellectual property infringement (disclosure: we\u2019re not lawyers), Google Books also employs a whale\u2019s image when they fail to deliver \u2013 albeit it a bit differently. The cartoon image of a disappointed 19th<\/sup> Century whaler hanging his head as a spouting whale disappears beyond a wave isn\u2019t quite as blissful as Twitter\u2019s Fail Whale.<\/p>\n

\"tumblrbeasts\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tumblr\u2019s Tumbeasts<\/strong>: These adorable and weird green monsters are clearly up to no good, running amok with various computer components in their sharp-teethed mouths. But they come with a charming apology: \u201cWe may have forgotten to feed the wild Tumbeasts that roam our datacenter, which often results in unexpected downtime due to gnawing and\/or mutiny. Animal control has been alerted.\u201d Almost makes you wish Tumblr went down more often.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AOL Lifestream Fail Bunny<\/strong>: AOL has embraced the ever-popular idea of employing a cute messenger to deliver bad news for its social media aggregator, Lifestream. This pink bunny with little round eyes may be better than a standard 404 error message, but arguably not by much.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Reddit\u2019s Snoo<\/strong>: This (unsurprisingly cute) little Jetsons-esque alien gets himself into all kinds of predicaments whenever his site goes down \u2013 ejected into space, marooned in a desert \u2013 and wears the same adorably horrified expression through it all.<\/p>\n

\"hootsuite\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hootsuite\u2019s Fail Owl<\/strong>: Users of the popular social media dashboard Hootsuite are familiar with the application\u2019s Owly mascot, and when Hootsuite can\u2019t find a page you\u2019re looking for a \u201c404 Fowl Not Found\u201d message pops up with the image of dear old Owly adorning the back of a milk carton.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are some of your favorite error mascots\/pages?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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