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Re: Facebook was down

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Post by rodgerd »

nostromo wrote: post #40
Rygu wrote: post #24

Are their APIs and Sign in with Facebook, also down? That's pretty messed up for all the sites that rely on their Sign in.

Yes. OAuth dialogs don't load and the graph API is down too.

"Why write your own login? Just use Facebook!" is not looking like sound advice right about now.

Re: Facebook was down

#114

Post by ASneakyFox »

laumars wrote: post #39

How many submissions do we need on this topic? Maybe I'm jaded because I don't really "get" the whole social network phenomena, but honestly, who really cares anyway? Productivity will (briefly) go up; a few people dependant on FB SSO's wont be able to log into some other pointless services and the internet will continue to function. I normally down vote people when they say "what does xyz have to do with HN?", but 3…

I also do not use face book and think it is silly. However I think the event is a little interesting. There are thousands of apps that don't even function with out face book.

Re: Facebook was down

#118

Post by mattkrea »

thethimble wrote: post #81

As a new sysadmin, it brings me comfort that even sites like facebook go down sometimes :)

This happens to everyone. Unfortunately, it's not a good enough excuse when, for example, the corporate sites I run go down.

No application, desktop or web app, is truly bulletproof.

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