Brightkite suggests Twitter instead of 404 Aug20 '08

I thought this was a nice usability feature of Brightkite:

Screenshot of Brightkite.com

This happened when I followed a link from someone pointing to a Brightkite user, but turns out that user doesn't exist on Brightkite.

With the abundance of social networks, it's easy to confuse users from one with another. Rather than plopping out a confusing 404 page, sites should take this next step which possibly saves the user time and misdirection.

Nothing wrong with helping the user out.

Categories: Brightkite , Twitter , Usability

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