Facebook-owned sites were down
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Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#142And a lot of people seem to be coming to HN to find out why, judging by how laggy HN is getting right now...
Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't message my friends on whatsapp :(
Seize the moment - switch to signal.
...and where do you go when AWS/Signal's servers go down?
How about choosing something that's federated? https://matrix.org/
Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#144Facebook is proving that it's systemically important by taking the entire site down..... Zuckerberg is taking his ball and going home unless you stop writing mean things about him /s
Let’s hope it’s this. Everyone will just shrug and move onto the next hopefully less evil site
Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
What leak are you referring to?
Facebook Whistleblower Claims Profit Was Prioritized Over Clamping Down on Hate Speech A Facebook whistleblower, who is due to testify before Congress on Tuesday, has accused the Big Tech company of repeatedly putting profit before doing “what was good for the public,” including clamping down on hate speech. Frances Haugen, who told CBS’s “60 Minutes” program that she was recruited by Facebook as a product manager on…
While (editorial commentary aside) the basic facts in that article are accurate as far as I can tell, I'd be careful with that source - The Epoch Times is a mouthpiece for Falun Gong's political interests and engages in disinfo programs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times
They also previously ran a large sockpuppet network on Facebook and the Facebook ad platform (both of which have since been banned) so they may have a bit of a bone to pick with the platform.
Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#146Oculus is also down
Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
What leak are you referring to?
Facebook Whistleblower Claims Profit Was Prioritized Over Clamping Down on Hate Speech A Facebook whistleblower, who is due to testify before Congress on Tuesday, has accused the Big Tech company of repeatedly putting profit before doing “what was good for the public,” including clamping down on hate speech. Frances Haugen, who told CBS’s “60 Minutes” program that she was recruited by Facebook as a product manager on…
This sounds so extremely far-fetched and designed to create a negative impression of Facebook. Does anyone even take this seriously? If yes, why?
> mobile phones are addictive
> internet is used to organize protests
Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#148Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#149Seems to be DNS related. None of the listed facebook nameservers are resolvable or reachable: a.ns.facebook.com b.ns.facebook.com c.ns.facebook.com d.ns.facebook.com
Looks like the routing is goofed. Loops over and over - DDoS attacking themselves.
mtr -r -c10 -w -b a.ns.facebook.com Start: 2021-10-04T10:02:50-0600 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
...
4.|-- ae-2-rur101.cosprings.co.denver.comcast.net (162.151.51.125) 0.0% 10 12.6 11.9 9.6 19.0 2.9
5.|-- 24.124.155.233 0.0% 10 9.3 10.2 9.1 12.4 1.1
6.|-- 96.216.22.45 0.0% 10 12.0 14.0 11.6 31.3 6.1
7.|-- be-36041-cs04.1601milehigh.co.ibone.comcast.net (96.110.43.253) 20.0% 10 14.6 13.5 11.6 20.5 3.0
8.|-- be-3402-pe02.910fifteenth.co.ibone.comcast.net (96.110.38.126) 0.0% 10 12.2 12.0 11.5 13.2 0.5
9.|-- 173.167.59.170 0.0% 10 13.8 17.8 12.0 34.7 8.4
10.|-- 129.134.40.74 0.0% 10 15.3 12.6 11.4 15.3 1.1
11.|-- 129.134.43.226 0.0% 10 18.9 15.3 12.6 20.3 3.0
12.|-- 129.134.98.166 0.0% 10 12.5 14.2 12.5 20.4 2.3
13.|-- 129.134.54.61 0.0% 10 34.2 30.8 28.9 34.2 1.8
14.|-- 129.134.53.61 0.0% 10 29.8 31.1 28.9 36.5 2.7
15.|-- 129.134.53.61 90.0% 10 31.9 31.9 31.9 31.9 0.0Re: Facebook-owned sites were down
#150Good riddance.