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Although this isn't 404-specific, I thought Twitter would get less crap if their Fail Whale page included a flash game. Then when they came back up everyone wo
by jfarmer 18y ago
Although this isn't 404-specific, I thought Twitter would get less crap if their Fail Whale page included a flash game.
Then when they came back up everyone would brag about their scores.
- josefresco 18y agoThousands of people playing your 404 Flash game (and using server resources) isn't what you want when you can barely keep your core service alive. Also, it would provide yet another thing for Twitter users to complain about.
- jfarmer 18y agoWhy would flash games use "server resources?" It's just bandwidth, which has never been Twitter's problem. Besides, you can embed it from an external site or CDN.
- alabut 18y agoWhile on the side topic of maintenance (rather than 404) pages, digg's got the most useful one I've ever seen: http://flickr.com/photos/alabut/2947148797/ http://flickr.com/photos/alabut/2947148797/