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Fail Whale Last modified: Tuesday, April 07, 2009
On the Twitter site, the Fail Whale is an image of a whale held up by birds and nets. This image shows that Twitter has been overloaded or failed. See "Social Media Tips for Online Marketing Plus 30 Social Media Sites" in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia.
This is not a Whale. The "Fail Whale" is this above graphic of a whale held up by a flock of birds illustrated by Yiying Lu.  Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" Section Use this Webopedia knowledge section for an in-depth overview of specific technologies and occurrences in the areas of Computer Science, The Internet, and Computer Hardware and Software.	Related Categories Graphics Social Media Related Terms microblog microblogging Twitter Twitter following Twitturly