Comments on: Social Communities Going Down … Who's Got Personality?

By: Utah SEO

Utah SEO — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:36:53 +0000

that must have took awhile to get all those screen shots. good compilation..more sites need to follow that method.

By: Sueblimely

Sueblimely — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:34:56 +0000

My favorite is the one I see the least regularly

The Delicious page is as uninspiring in design as the site itself.

By: Carl-Johan Hunefalk

Carl-Johan Hunefalk — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:09:50 +0000

I think Twitter wins the most fun maintenance screen award.

Flickr does a great job, though, engaging users even though their site is down, so I have to say that theirs is the best one.

By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:00:42 +0000

I think Flickr's concept is absolutely brilliant. I laughed my ass off when I read it. Problem is… if I came across this screen naturally, I'm 99% sure I wouldn't read it, which is a shame as the content really is clever. Poor execution as Jeff points out…

I wonder if the competition is genuine…? I'm off to get my crayons.

By: spostareduro

spostareduro — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:14:15 +0000

LoL..I've thought the same thing repeatedly! They can be so eventless with these screen shots. I mean, for heaven sakes, don't they know they have an anxious crowd with their fingers on the submit / voting button ready for action??

I came. I saw. and all I got was this lousy t shirt! haha

By: Nick James

Nick James — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:17:18 +0000

Twitter definitely tops it for me, Jeff. Though I think the cat is only recent, as I've only ever seen a fairly dull screen… so dull I can't even remember what it was or what it said. I just know it had the twitter bird on.
I think StumbleUpon hints at a touch of personality in the mischievous way it tells us all to go play outside

Great reviews.

Along a similar line, maybe you should do some for the best '404 Not Found' screens you've come across, or even a competition to design one