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swag

(26,480 posts)
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:44 PM Nov 2019

FACEBOOK DOWN: SOCIAL NETWORK STOPS WORKING ALONGSIDE INSTAGRAM AMID MAJOR THANKSGIVING OUTAGE

Source: The Independent

Andrew Griffin

Facebook has stopped working, amid a major Thanksgiving outage.

Users complained that the social network broke at the same time as Instagram, which is owned by the same company. WhatsApp, which is owned by the same company, did not appear to be affected by the issues.

Vast numbers of people complained about the issue, according to tracking website Down Detector. The issues were seen across the world, but not everyone appeared to be affected.

Many Facebook users said they were able to get on the site as normal, but that important parts of its functionality were broken. That included sharing new posts, for instance.

Facebook Messenger, which is part of the Facebook platform but exists as a separate app, was also affected by the problems.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-down-today-instagram-status-thanksgiving-not-working-server-a9223841.html

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FACEBOOK DOWN: SOCIAL NETWORK STOPS WORKING ALONGSIDE INSTAGRAM AMID MAJOR THANKSGIVING OUTAGE (Original Post) swag Nov 2019 OP
Yippee! Sanity Claws Nov 2019 #1
Good. Hope it stays broke. Squinch Nov 2019 #2
It's working just fine for me. NurseJackie Nov 2019 #3
Same here Sherman A1 Nov 2019 #15
Good for you. Dream Girl Nov 2019 #31
I know! Right? NurseJackie Nov 2019 #39
No doubt a good thing The Liberal Lion Nov 2019 #4
Wait...the world did not end because Facebook was gone? CLUTCH THE PEARLS!!! Moostache Nov 2019 #5
+10,000 LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #26
Amen to that! BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #36
no loss, nt yaesu Nov 2019 #6
It may have BEEN down, but my page is working now- 9:52 AM Mountain Time. Ford_Prefect Nov 2019 #7
You must be so relieved! Dream Girl Nov 2019 #32
Actually I don't care since FB is so entirely insecure. I only have it because Ford_Prefect Nov 2019 #33
And for this, I am grateful. nt. BlueIdaho Nov 2019 #8
Aw, and they were just going to give me a sneak peek at their beta. Hugin Nov 2019 #9
So sad... n/t Eyeball_Kid Nov 2019 #10
See this on Outage Reports... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #11
Just a Trump Server to Moscow glitch... standby... MartyTheGreek Nov 2019 #12
Yay! OhZone Nov 2019 #13
Super!! Hope it's not just a one-off! KPN Nov 2019 #14
I thought so. I couldn't post. I checked "Is ___ Down Or Is It Just Me" an hour ago. It's FB. ancianita Nov 2019 #16
I'd be thankful if it was gone forever. we can do it Nov 2019 #17
... Anon-C Nov 2019 #18
Works OK now, but not earlier question everything Nov 2019 #19
Since Zuck has seen fit to align Facebook with the GOP and the kakistocracy pecosbob Nov 2019 #20
Somewhere grumpy cat is (or was) pleased Blue Owl Nov 2019 #21
The curious thing to me is who or what's behind it. FB's system's so big that it's less likely to ancianita Nov 2019 #22
I would have never known. alittlelark Nov 2019 #23
I haven't noticed. nt SunSeeker Nov 2019 #24
I just experimentally typed "facebook.com" into my URL bar and ... Odoreida Nov 2019 #25
Working as of now Polybius Nov 2019 #27
Yeah!! If not a permanent thing, my thanksgiving wish is for many more Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #28
Anyone do a Long Count? TheFourthMind Nov 2019 #29
Zuckerberg and Trump are colluding to steal the next election LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #30
It was annoying, as I have pages to admin sakabatou Nov 2019 #34
Not on it, didn't affect me in the least DeminPennswoods Nov 2019 #35
Fuck Facebook. Facebook fucked America olddad65 Nov 2019 #37
Run! You're free... flee the tyrany of Farcebook* and Zuckerfuck*... Raster Nov 2019 #38
Both worked fine for me all day obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #40
Is this really worth shouting about??? n/t vanamonde Nov 2019 #41
OH MY FUCKING GOD!! LudwigPastorius Nov 2019 #42

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
3. It's working just fine for me.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:49 PM
Nov 2019

Not a problem in sight. Not a cloud in the sky.

Thanksgiving greetings and messages and family photos everywhere ... as far as the eye can see.

I love it!

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
15. Same here
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:22 PM
Nov 2019

It was a little wonky for a bit, but nothing worse than I experience here from time to time.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
5. Wait...the world did not end because Facebook was gone? CLUTCH THE PEARLS!!!
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:49 PM
Nov 2019

The real news should be "millions abandon Facebook lunacy in an effort to restore sanity to society"...

The most inane powerful company in the history of humanity...an overblown high school yearbook spawned from a woman rating system in the halls of Ivy League privilege. If it was gone tomorrow, the world would go on unchanged in a matter of days. There is NOTHING essential about them, ANY of the anti-social media whores.

Too bad they did not kill the company today, that would have been a REAL Thanksgiving Day gift to humanity.

Ford_Prefect

(7,828 posts)
33. Actually I don't care since FB is so entirely insecure. I only have it because
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 04:41 PM
Nov 2019

A friend and I could use the chat screen on short notice and pass images of our work easily, years ago. The account is essentially dormant since you can't actually kill one. It is in a work-related pseudonym, in any case.

I use it occasionally to check what's going on in Look-At-Me World like when something along the lines of the OP shows up I can get a first-hand look at it.

I have no use for the incipient narcism which has come to characterize a large portion of FB use along with the entire chat obsessed world. I also read books and newspapers in their paper form.

Hugin

(32,778 posts)
9. Aw, and they were just going to give me a sneak peek at their beta.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:05 PM
Nov 2019

Drat.

Their business model is starting to show through... Overload their site (and that's all FB really is, a web site.) with Erectile Dysfunction ads, junk, conspiracy theories, and inflammatory fake GOP talking points and then strip it all out for awhile until the plebes notice an improvement and then load it all up again. Rinse. Repeat.

Claim it's a necessity, all worth more than $100.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
11. See this on Outage Reports...
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:13 PM
Nov 2019

Link: https://outage.report/facebook

Appears to have started around 8:30 EST and was over before noon.

Would suit me fine if both Facebook and Twitter disappeared completely. Like Walmart and smart phones - destroying community and face-to-face human contact every day.....the very fiber of what built this nation.

KY....

MartyTheGreek

(562 posts)
12. Just a Trump Server to Moscow glitch... standby...
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:14 PM
Nov 2019

-There was a problem with uploading the Holiday Season's Political Messaging?

-Some fat guy sitting on his bed in Jersey is at it again!

-The White Hat good hackers are protecting us.

-The Dark State hackers are preventing us from watching FOX!

But really, I was just wondering what I might be missing on Fake Book today and got a good laugh!

ancianita

(35,813 posts)
16. I thought so. I couldn't post. I checked "Is ___ Down Or Is It Just Me" an hour ago. It's FB.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:25 PM
Nov 2019

Thanks very much for the confirmation.

question everything

(47,271 posts)
19. Works OK now, but not earlier
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:36 PM
Nov 2019

Was glad to know that family members made it to their destination in the middle of the snow storms.

pecosbob

(7,511 posts)
20. Since Zuck has seen fit to align Facebook with the GOP and the kakistocracy
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:44 PM
Nov 2019

and screw with everyone's lives, it may be about time for some monkey-wrenching of Facebook.

ancianita

(35,813 posts)
22. The curious thing to me is who or what's behind it. FB's system's so big that it's less likely to
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 02:00 PM
Nov 2019

be a hacker group than a big scale entity that could cripple it.

I'm curious to see what turns up besides some "official story."

 

Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
25. I just experimentally typed "facebook.com" into my URL bar and ...
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 02:31 PM
Nov 2019

... it comes up normally with the log in screen.

I'm not on FB, so I didn't test logging in.

As they used to say at IBM "if it didn't happen twice it didn't happen".

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
30. Zuckerberg and Trump are colluding to steal the next election
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 03:11 PM
Nov 2019

I don't know how anyone can not delete their accounts. Or at least be thinking of it. I wish there were another choice out there that did the same thing....without the fake ads allowed.

Someone like Craig of Craig's list. Where the company is not based on making the most profits. There is no reason why a platform would not be as popular without targeted ads, especially one that allows fake misleading lying ads that can subvert a democracy.

Raster

(20,996 posts)
38. Run! You're free... flee the tyrany of Farcebook* and Zuckerfuck*...
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 07:54 AM
Nov 2019

I have DELETED my Farcebook* account. Fuck you #MarkZuckerberg. You are a liar and a traitor, who willingly allowed American's private Farcebook* information to be used by Mercer*s Cambridge Analytica* in their quest to aid the Russians* in SELECTING @realDonaldTrump as POTUS.

#DeleteFacebook #FuckYouZuck #Resist

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