The Nicest #Fail Page I Have Ever Seen #WhereMyFriendsBe

WhereMyFriends.Be was featured today on Mashable.com [http://mashable.com/2011/02/24/facebook-google-maps/]. Needless to say, their site quickly swamped and failed. I am totally impressed with this post. Better yet, they can capture the email addresses of interested parties, which is also brilliant. What a good way to make some lemonade on a crazy day!



Here's a screenshot of the fail page:



http://bit.ly/wherefriendsbefail



I have Amplified their page post below for your reading.

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Well, this is a little embarrassing... The ridiculous popularity of our mention on Mashable has brought us three college freshmen hackers to our knees. We were up all night trying to find workaround solutions and quick fixes, but now we have to get to class. We’re firm believers in providing utility and happiness with our products. Because wheremyfriends.be isn’t currently performing at the optimal level we’d like, we’d rather scale down than compromise the experience for everyone. After making 5 or 6 web apps in the past few months, we learn a little something from each one. The message here is clear: popularity and traffic surge is a double-edged sword. Huge amounts of users coming to our site is a great problem to have, but accounting for it and being prepared for the influx is of paramount importance. Thank you so much for sticking with us. Because we are committed to having only the highest quality product and we will be rolling the site back out to new users slowly over the course of the day. Please enter your email down below if you’d like to be notified when wheremyfriends.be comes back online or when release future products: * indicates required Email Address * Close Thanks! The WhereMyFriends.Be Team Read more at wheremyfriends.be

 

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