HootSuite.com tries to tell us about a failure

Earlier today, HootSuite.com—a Twitter application site that allows members to manage multiple profiles—had been suffering from server overload. To alert users, they posted a very well-designed fail page as is the latest rage in web design. Something on that page caught my attention.

In creating this clever little list of possible causes of their site’s failure, they … um … failed. Check out reason three:

‘The date is Sunday, December 23, 2012’

I can only assume that they’re referring to the alleged Mayan End of Times. The problem is, they’re off by a day. According to modern Mayan cultists, the world will end on December 21, 2012. Therefore, the internet (including HootSuite.com) will not work on December 22, 2012.

OK, so they’re not completely wrong. I do suppose the internet won’t work on the 23rd either. Still, they missed the joke by that much…

My forefinger and thumb are very close together