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It's a really big internet out there, and nobody should have to stop and wait for any website. Yet there are a handful that have been so beloved that fans will look the other way when error messages stare them in the face. Here are 6 awesome websites that often fail at working.

6- MySpace

While its awesomeness is rapidly depleting by the day, MySpace was once a giant in the online world, garnering the largest page hits on the web. However,  the Internet has moved forward, and MySpace has not. Its user interface has barely changed and the only major additions to that site have been an annoying clutter of ads. What also hasn't changed are the errors that occur when you do anything from posting messages on the bulletin board or pages loading funny because users have written bad html code. MySpace has become the equivalent of a Hummer during, say, an energy and global warming crisis. We don't even have to mention the rise of sites like FaceBook or Twitter that are stealing all of the proverbial thunder. You would think that the top guys at News Corp could be capable of doing more than creating skins for your homepage. But then again, News Corp is notorious for thriving on archaic thinking and shameless whoring coughFoxNewscough. With the recent announcement that even Tom is getting canned, we wonder if MySpace will be redesigned to reflect the current needs of the new generation of social networkers.

5- Digg

Any Internet geek has been a Digg lover or hater at some point and with good reason. When the Digg gods smile down and your article hits the front page, Digg is the best invention ever. On the flip side, when your article has 170 diggs and is stuck in Upcoming hell, you curse the day you logged in to digg an LOL cat. Even with our bipolar feelings towards Digg, there is one thing that is a constant irritation: the "be back shortly" page. Perhaps it's because we know that they're changing the algorithm...again. And that the algorithm will end up screwing you over as your article passes the 24 hour mark. Or it could be the irritatingly hip yet useless links that the Digg staff used to throw up in a pathetic attempt to keep you occupied. Yeah, it's probably those.

4- Digg-killed sites

Okay, so it isn't one specific site, but it is nonetheless irritating when you take the time to click on a link to an unknown web comic or amazing, un-Photoshopped image (usually through Digg) and you see that the site is down. What is more irritating is when there isn't a mirror and the comment section is on fire and you're dying to see what the fuss is all about. And while mirrors are fine, it's a rough break for a blog when the first impression you present to a large audience is an error message. Thankfully we're prepared for the Digg effect here at OMGLists. So do your worst, diggers. We mean it. Just digg the hell out of us. We can take it.

3- Hotmail

Like MySpace, Hotmail used to be a giant of the web email world, but has suffered greatly since the rise of Gmail. Perhaps it's because, even today, the service is always crashing or screwing up left and right. Really, Microsoft? Your server is "too busy"? The biggest software company in the world can't afford enough servers to keep Hotmail running? You can afford to pay Jerry Seinfeld to make weird commercials, but you can't afford extra servers? What makes the situation more annoying is that there is a part of us that is rooting for John Hodgman. We want the geeks to prevail, but first they need to provide a service that works.

2- Google Reader

Google fanboys and fangirls will scream bloody murder at this entry, but there is no denying that Google Reader is a great idea that is steaming pile of code. Sure, it's great if you only need to read a few entries, but try scrolling past more than 10 blog posts and the site either freezes or crashes your browser. Don't get us wrong, Google is still king, but it's tough to see the success of Gmail, only to watch Reader fail. That is what happens when you create expectations so high, that being average equals failure. We may end up regretting this entry when the Google Thought Police knocks on our door with a stack of porn-related search histories, but all is fair in code and war.

1- Twitter

You know things are rough when you have a phrase coined for your site's downtime. Yes, we're talking about the famous Fail Whale, which has sparked a fan club and theme parties. Lucky for Twitter that the Fail Whale only appeared every other day before the site became a bona fide phenomenon. As much as we hate having to endure a billion celebrity "tweets," we secretly love the potential for a real-time feed of bizarre behavior -- like head shavings or umbrella attacks. Although the Fail Whale is not as common these days, we'll never forget the most memorable failure of an overtaxed web server.

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Chenda Ngak has contributed to GamePro magazine, Star Wars Insider, OMGlists.com, Nerve.com, Flixster.com, Yahoo! Shine, and OrbitzInsider.com. Read her brilliantly illogical tweets at: Twitter.com/ChendaNgak.