Twitter has grown quickly. As a consequence of that success, the service conks out often. How often? Frequently enough to have its own logo for downtime. Infamously known as the "Fail Whale," it appears on the screen when Twitter is over capacity.
Little-known fact: the whale was designed by Yiying Lu, who posted it to iStockPhoto, where Twitter co-founder Biz Stone came across it. Lu has since taken the image down from iStockPhoto, but you can see more of her illustrations at http://yiyinglu.com.
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