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Re: Meta outage

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Post by chimeracoder »

wddkcs wrote: post #290
notsahil wrote: post #198

Discord is having issues too! https://discordstatus.com/

Could this be related to Google's log in page change? Seemed cosmetic only, but funny timing that Google's page update happens the same time all these log in issues pop up.

> Could this be related to Google's log in page change? Seemed cosmetic only, but funny timing that Google's page update happens the same time all these log in issues pop up.

That rollout is staggered over time, so not all users receive it at the same time. It's unlikely to be related.

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Post by boring_twenties »

mfrommil wrote: post #184
jonnycomputer wrote: post #6

It logged me out and told me that my credentials were incorrect; I thought my credentials had been stolen, so I'm kinda personally glad that it seems to be happening to a lot of other people too. I know that's a bit selfish, but :shrug:

A much better UX would be clear error messaging informing users that the service is down and there is no problem with their individual account. This would prevent people from panicking they've been hacked and/or unnecessarily resetting their password.

Well you can't expect to hire engineers with half a brain for the pitiful compensation Meta offers, can you?

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Post by jeltz »

ConorSheehan1 wrote: post #422
boring_twenties wrote: post #392

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Beyond unbelievable that going on an hour later, they're still showing "incorrect password" errors. How many hundreds of millions of people have wasted time frantically trying (in vain) to reset their passwords and pointlessly freaking out that their account might be compromised? What a bunch of careless, incompetent excuses for engineers.

What a poor bunch of overworked human beings, with almost no control over the product they work on. Frantically following the whims of managers, reduced to labour units in this late stage capitalist hellscape.

But well paid at least. Working at Meta seems pretty shitty except for the pay from the stories I have heard.

Re: Meta outage

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Post by AndyJames »

peterleiser wrote: post #364
DeusExMachina wrote: post #281

Looking at the Downdetector home page [1], it looks like many more services are having outages, not just the ones owned by Meta, including: - Google - YouTube - Google Play - T-Mobile - X (Twitter) - Discord - TikTok - Pokemon Go - Snapchat It looks like they all have the same failure point. [1] https://downdetector.com

S**'s gettin' real: https://downdetector.com/status/pokemon-go/

Some piece of core infrastructure went down because everyone got spike at the same time. Surprisingly DoorDash and Steam was up

Re: Meta outage

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Post by binaryblitz »

newsclues wrote: post #430
deadbabe wrote: post #333

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Entire businesses and livelihoods would crumble without Meta’s platforms.

They can migrate to other platforms.

What platforms have anywhere near the reach and services that Meta does for a marketplace/advertising?

I'm not personally a fan of most social media, but saying "they could go somewhere else" is a pretty naieve/ignorant response.

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Post by remram »

sumitgt wrote: post #399
bigwheeler wrote: post #334

Tip for Meta engineers: when your service is failing, don't just log people out and prevent logins. Display a cute image that shows that the service is drastically failing (like a whale or something), and then people will know to stop trying to repeatedly log in. The public might even come up with a catchy name for the whale.

Could be an outage in the auth service itself

Yes of course it was. The point is, an hour later, they could have hit a circuit-breaker to get people to stop trying and going crazy over an error that is completely inaccurate.

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Post by seydor »

MyFirstSass wrote: post #50

Anyone have a good guesstimate of how much money is "lost" when Youtube/Facebook/Instagram/Whatsapp (more?) are down each minute?

I assume they will run all those campaign views after yhe outage, so very little will be actually lost

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Post by btbuildem »

DeusExMachina wrote: post #281

Looking at the Downdetector home page [1], it looks like many more services are having outages, not just the ones owned by Meta, including: - Google - YouTube - Google Play - T-Mobile - X (Twitter) - Discord - TikTok - Pokemon Go - Snapchat It looks like they all have the same failure point. [1] https://downdetector.com

What's your fave conspiracy theory? Massive cyberattack for Super Tuesday? Powers-that-be mandated takedown? Mossad sleeper agents activated? Covid-brain struck that one engineer attending to that one wire that kept everything going?
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