FB Outtage

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Am I the only one that thinks it's oddly coincidental that there's a massive Facebook outage the morning after 60 Minutes ran the story about their whistleblower and all the horrible information she snuck out of there about their policies on moderating content (or the lack thereof)?

ETA: Here's the story if anyone hasn't seen it. 

[laladypoet]

Oct 4, 2021 12:57:16 GMT -5 @princessbubbleyum said:

Am I the only one that thinks it's oddly coincidental that there's a massive Facebook outage the morning after 60 Minutes ran the story about their whistleblower and all the horrible information she snuck out of there about their policies on moderating content (or the lack thereof)?

ETA: Here's the story if anyone hasn't seen it. 

I came here to see if anyone was talking about this!

[Deleted]

Oct 4, 2021 13:22:09 GMT -5 laladypoet said:

Oct 4, 2021 12:57:16 GMT -5 @princessbubbleyum said:

Am I the only one that thinks it's oddly coincidental that there's a massive Facebook outage the morning after 60 Minutes ran the story about their whistleblower and all the horrible information she snuck out of there about their policies on moderating content (or the lack thereof)?

ETA: Here's the story if anyone hasn't seen it. 

I came here to see if anyone was talking about this!

I mean - I can't say I'm surprised that their policies are so awful, so to see documentation that proves it just confirms what we all knew. But the fact that after the election they dissolved their Civic integrity unit because they were kind of like "ok - job's done" is just insane.

[Velar Fricative]

Oct 4, 2021 12:57:16 GMT -5 @princessbubbleyum said:

Am I the only one that thinks it's oddly coincidental that there's a massive Facebook outage the morning after 60 Minutes ran the story about their whistleblower and all the horrible information she snuck out of there about their policies on moderating content (or the lack thereof)?

ETA: Here's the story if anyone hasn't seen it. 

Okay I just uninstalled FB thinking the problem was on my end because my wifi at work is acting weird too. I'm so relieved. But also WTF given the story last night.

[raangoli]

Oct 4, 2021 12:57:16 GMT -5 @princessbubbleyum said:

Am I the only one that thinks it's oddly coincidental that there's a massive Facebook outage the morning after 60 Minutes ran the story about their whistleblower and all the horrible information she snuck out of there about their policies on moderating content (or the lack thereof)?

ETA: Here's the story if anyone hasn't seen it. 

It is awfully convenient for sure. And I had a good chuckle that FB confirmed the outage on Twitter. 

[silva]

Twitter is hilarious right now about FB being down.

[Deleted]

Oct 4, 2021 14:15:58 GMT -5 silva said:

Twitter is hilarious right now about FB being down.

OMG this is awesome. While I doubt that they can't open doors for fire hazard reasons, the thread itself is awesome.

[waverly]

I saw that 60 minutes episode, and that is totally what I thought today that it has to do with that.

[landmermaid]

My Twitter is being weird now, too. A lot of "Failed to load Tweet"

[Deleted]

Oct 4, 2021 14:34:57 GMT -5 landmermaid said:

My Twitter is being weird now, too. A lot of "Failed to load Tweet"

Yep - same for me. 

[pixy0stix]

I didn't think about Instagram and WhatsApp also being down - www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/tech/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage/index.html

[mala]

Oct 4, 2021 14:15:58 GMT -5 silva said:

Twitter is hilarious right now about FB being down.

Reddit too

[cattledogkisses]

It is suddenly making me realize how much I use FB Messenger.

[ssmjlm]

Mine is @@@ but I needed to update our PTA FB page at lunch and thought it was me. Then I googled like the old lady I am.

[winecat]

I was wondering why I couldn't get into Instagram.

[lilac05]

Oct 4, 2021 14:39:46 GMT -5 cattledogkisses said:

It is suddenly making me realize how much I use FB Messenger.

Same. I use it just like texting for some friends. Makes me think about what my contacts would be like if FB suddenly just disappeared. I have quite a few friends who I’m not even sure if I have their phone numbers!

[mrsukyankee]

Whatsapp is used by everyone in my social sphere so this is going to be hitting lots of people in the UK. Most of us never use text. Facebook too (international people use it often as it's just easy to keep in touch with family and friends).

[msmerymac]

I find this to be very helpful in times like these, lol. Also helpful to send to clients who haven't cleared their cache...

downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

[pinkyp]

I just thought it was my shitty wifi that I couldn't get on FB or IG.

[raangoli]

[pixy0stix]

Oct 4, 2021 14:51:16 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

I find this to be very helpful in times like these, lol. Also helpful to send to clients who haven't cleared their cache...

downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

Everyone should check twitter's status. lol!

[jamaicam]

Oct 4, 2021 14:47:00 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Whatsapp is used by everyone in my social sphere so this is going to be hitting lots of people in the UK. Most of us never use text. Facebook too (international people use it often as it's just easy to keep in touch with family and friends).

Yes! Everyone here is completely lost without whatsapp. 

i had to send a text today, not sure when I last did that. 

[1confused1]

I wonder if they are keeping track of who keeps trying to log in to all their platforms over and over during the outage?

[rupertpenny]

Oct 4, 2021 15:26:00 GMT -5 jamaicam said:

Oct 4, 2021 14:47:00 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Whatsapp is used by everyone in my social sphere so this is going to be hitting lots of people in the UK. Most of us never use text. Facebook too (international people use it often as it's just easy to keep in touch with family and friends).

Yes! Everyone here is completely lost without whatsapp. 

i had to send a text today, not sure when I last did that. 

I also thought about WhatsApp and how big of a deal it must be outside of the US. 

[tacokick]

Out of curiosity why is Whatsapp so popular outside the US? Are texting rates really high elsewhere? Or were they and it just caught on and stuck?

[lemoncupcake]

Oct 4, 2021 15:48:06 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Out of curiosity why is Whatsapp so popular outside the US? Are texting rates really high elsewhere? Or were they and it just caught on and stuck?

I think rates and also international texting that is especially expensive. 

[redheadbaker]

[pumpkin]

Oct 4, 2021 15:51:01 GMT -5 lemoncupcake said:

Oct 4, 2021 15:48:06 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Out of curiosity why is Whatsapp so popular outside the US? Are texting rates really high elsewhere? Or were they and it just caught on and stuck?

I think rates and also international texting that is especially expensive. 

I also think it’s the rates and international ease. I use it for my friends who are overseas and when I’m traveling abroad.

[loira]

Oct 4, 2021 16:03:28 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

Oct 4, 2021 15:51:01 GMT -5 lemoncupcake said:

I think rates and also international texting that is especially expensive. 

I also think it’s the rates and international ease. I use it for my friends who are overseas and when I’m traveling abroad.

Also lots of people in Europe use pay as you go. A £10 reload used to give you a certain amount of data per month, plus 5p per text (more for international). But if you use something like WhatsApp while connected to wifi it costs nothing and you can text anyone anywhere. I used to use it all the time to keep in touch with Canadian friends when I lived abroad.

[bimbi284]

Here’s an email I just got from a vegan food company. Gotta appreciate them taking advantage of people’s boredom, lol.