'To err is human'
(Okay, for lack of a tackier title... Heh.)
WeBreakStuff encountered a very interesting error message at Technorati:
Hmmm... Typical of Web 2.0, the way Flickr tells you something went wrong ("Flickr is having a massage.")?
Makes me wonder if that will ever work here in the Philippines. Given the language, social and cultural context, can services -- online or otherwise -- get away with off-the-cuff, almost flippant feedback messages when users encounter errors?
Tech support was one of the aspects of my previous work, and I've never had the chance to issue such remarks (what with the still buggy state of the services we offered) -- our clients would have been turned off, big time. Still, it might have been worth the try.
WeBreakStuff encountered a very interesting error message at Technorati:
“The Flying Spaghetti Monster has arrived and we have all been taken to planet Zeus 94 to kneel before Zod. All this is a little much for us to handle at the moment so come back later please. And leave a quarter in the collection tray on your way out.”
Hmmm... Typical of Web 2.0, the way Flickr tells you something went wrong ("Flickr is having a massage.")?
Makes me wonder if that will ever work here in the Philippines. Given the language, social and cultural context, can services -- online or otherwise -- get away with off-the-cuff, almost flippant feedback messages when users encounter errors?
Tech support was one of the aspects of my previous work, and I've never had the chance to issue such remarks (what with the still buggy state of the services we offered) -- our clients would have been turned off, big time. Still, it might have been worth the try.
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