Youtube hacked or?

I totally agree!
a proper message would be written with more attention, with proper words and the look would be more professional

 

Yup, I posted it first here on DP, then it was posted on Talkfreelance.

 

I guess the one they had in their code :

You have reached YouTube, the premier digital video repository on the Internet. We are currently working on the site.

We'll be back soon...

-- atleast many won't feel that it has/had been hacked or anything!

 

Whateva..... I find it funny; hacked or updating.

 

If I had such a large site I would never post a message which looks like that - yahoo would never do that I bet

 

Maybe a hacker would put that msg, just to mess with the head...lol

 

it's working again now

 

i can't believe I missed all of this >_<

@humm: like ViciousSummer said, their market isn't based on seriousness. They get money for being funny and silly . Though I do feel for the "loyal" viewers of their website when they saw that message

 

i was on youtube all night pretty much and it was working fine. Good job it didn't get hacked....don't think I could live without that site

 

i guess it was just a smart way to gain extra attention

 

yeah it is not hacked... you tube is very cool

 

Well.. sure hope that Youtube won't get hack, in conjunction of the YouTube issue, a funny thing was found on Technorati, great humour(which i think), a monster attack Technorati message was appear when you visit Technorati for a link.

 

I got a good laugh when I saw the message last night, figured it was an upgrade or something

 

Yahoo is aimed towards a much wider demographic who are soley interested in web searching. YouTube has a younger demographic who are at the website to view funny videos.

If you ask me, their message was great, I hate the way large companies take themselves too seriously so it's always refreshing to have a huge website which take still take the piss out of itself.

 

Here's an article about the YouTube maintenance messages.
http://news.com.com/YouTube+Humor,+not+hack/2100-1026_3-6079314.html

And here's another article about the upgrades they made. The upgrade had to do with the ability to organize videos into channels.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060602/film_nm/media_youtube_dc

 

I have witnessed this one as well while watching some of their movies.Its seems that this is a clear message that they are undergoing maintainance work on the site.

LOL

 

I can think of all kinds of smart alecky things that I would consider proper to their demographic - somehow a simple "site down for maintenance" just don't seem right to me. Love the update 1, 2, & 3 answers myself.

 

usually i saw they have logo with the maintainance message.