Facebook is down! Whatever will we do?

[Ocelot II]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/04/facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-are-down.html

[ret5hd]

1. Maybe, just maybe...but really probably not...

people will wake up, rub their eyes, and say "Man, that dream was kinda fucked up."

[Turbineguy]

2. Panic and social disorientation.

[hlthe2b]

3. Make it permanent?

along with all its "destructive siblings?"

I won't miss any of them.

[samplegirl]

4. Maybe the whistleblower

Shook things up?

[Nittersing]

10. Timing is sure interesting.

Wonder if there were things exposed by the whistleblower that FB is now covering up?

[comradebillyboy]

19. I'd bet on it

[Thomas Hurt]

5. Been around 45 minutes maybe...I am sure there are dozens working to get the money...

machine back up and running though.

[Mike Nelson]

6. Well...

... I think the TV stations want us to watch them report on the missing blonde's boyfriend and Biden's failures, and not spend time on Facebook etc... they also are happy their TV ads are being watched by people who can't check their social media notifications during that time!

[Midnight Writer]

7. Is Pornhub up?

[MineralMan]

13. Now the loss of that would be a National Emergency!

[Klaralven]

17. It appears to be

[Champp]

8. Text Republican cabal leaders. Ask them to call off their Russian dark-ops comrades

[MineralMan]

9. Post about it instantly and often, apparently.

[PortTack]

11. Just like fux snooz going away permanently would be good for the country, the same goes for fb

[vanlassie]

12. No wonder I couldn't get my Escape to the Chateau fan club up.

Thanks!

[fescuerescue]

14. Entertain myself with conspiracy theories about why

99% of network outages are caused by either a fat finger or a back hoe. And of those two it's usually a fat finger.


As an industry, we have really done a good job of protecting against equipment failures. Internet equipment breaks all the time. But it's all redundant now.


It's the the fat fingers that we can't seem to protect against.

[malaise]

15. Just heard that on local news here as well

Ha

[malaise]

16. Just heard that on local news here as well

Ha

[Tomconroy]

18. Champagne for Everyone!

[Hugin]

20. Dogpile FB!!i!1!!

Some amusing comments here:

https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/

[nuxvomica]

21. Maybe they're changing the algorithm

I bet they have one for prioritizing positive, informative and life-affirming content that has yet to be used. Downside is it only creates $1B in revenue in the same time that the hate-mongering one creates $1.2B in revenue.

[LeftInTX]

22. Talk about it! What else?