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Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by pul » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

rocho wrote: post #36

For Facebook and WhatsApp it looks like a DNS issue, name resolution fails with SERVFAIL: $ dig facebook.com ; > DiG 9.16.21 > facebook.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER

Jep, also from other caches: https://www.nslookup.io/dns-records/facebook.com

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

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Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by jbverschoor » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

rocho wrote: post #36

For Facebook and WhatsApp it looks like a DNS issue, name resolution fails with SERVFAIL: $ dig facebook.com ; > DiG 9.16.21 > facebook.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER

Same here on facebook.com , [api]whatsapp.com (instagram.com works)

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by frederikvs » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

randomperson_24 wrote: post #77

World productivity just grew by 10%

or it went down by another 20%, everybody at first thinking there's something wrong with their internet connection.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by erdos4d » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

finolex1 wrote: post #57

RedShift1 wrote: post #7

Nothing of value was lost

I get that this in jest, but a lot of people rely on Whatsapp and FB Messenger for messaging.

I certainly do and I dream of the day that everyone I message switches, so I can too.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by drcongo » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

m-chrzan wrote: post #91

finolex1 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get that this in jest, but a lot of people rely on Whatsapp and FB Messenger for messaging.

A lot of people, out of habit, rely on high fructose corn syrup for calories.

Quite a lot of people rely on heroin to get through the day too.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by koprulusector » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:04 PM UTC

Reddit wasn’t working a few min ago. Broader issue?

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by Wistar » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:04 PM UTC

decrypt wrote: post #52

husainhz7 wrote: post #17

Whatsapp's down too. Tough month for FB, especially with the leak.

What leak are you referring to?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-frances-...

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by blowski » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:04 PM UTC

koprulusector wrote: post #107

Reddit wasn’t working a few min ago. Broader issue?

Reddit goes down every 10 mins anyway.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by fsflover » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:04 PM UTC

tut-urut-utut wrote: post #18

Facebook down, WhatsApp down, but Signal still works. Time for a change? EDIT: Yes, Signal is not federated, but that's what people are at least ready to consider as a WhatsApp alternative. I also created Matrix / Element account, and had 0 contacts using it already.

Signal had their own share of downtime. How about going to a federated system instead of repeating the same mistakes? (https://matrix.org)