Facebook-owned sites were down • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by Sebb767 » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:07 PM UTC

spiantino wrote: post #221

skizm wrote: post #131

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https://downdetector.com/ seems to be working for me at least.

It's amusing that the top 3 trending reports are the FB sites that are down, and then the mobile carriers themselves, presumably because when FB doesn't load they assume it's their mobile network's fault. People really do think FB is the internet

> People really do think FB is the internet

It is a really large part of it. Also, when people see WhatsApp and see no connection, then open Facebook and see no connection either, it's _very_ likely that the link is at fault and not Facebook.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by rawoke083600 » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:07 PM UTC

blowski wrote: post #154

ozfive wrote: post #37

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This cannot be said enough.

On the contrary, it's said far too much. Facebook is extremely valuable for a lot of people. I dislike Facebook as much as most people on here, but saying "it's totally pointless" is silly and it's not surprising that those who say it are ignored by those who use Facebook.

Never underestimate software that is 'just good enough'

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by pwenzel » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:07 PM UTC

I noticed that some websites are loading slowly due to the third party script https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js timing out.

When uBlock Origin is running, this script gets blocked and pages return to feeling snappy.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by ProjectArcturis » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC

Have they tried turning it off and then turning it back on again?

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by mindcrime » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC

Okay, let me tell you the difference between Facebook and everyone else, we don't crash EVER! If those servers are down for even a day, our entire reputation is irreversibly destroyed! Users are fickle, Friendster has proved that. Even a few people leaving would reverberate through the entire userbase. The users are interconnected, that is the whole point. College kids are online because their friends are online, and if one domino goes, the other dominos go, don't you get that?

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by erid » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC

apexalpha wrote: post #268

jliptzin wrote: post #215

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Of all the big tech companies Facebook is the only one where it can completely disappear overnight and my life would be completely unaffected (or possibly improved by not having to explain to people I don't use facebook, please email or text me your invitations rather than use messenger). If Google, Amazon, Netflix, Apple disappeared the story would be completely different.

Weird, because over here WhatsApp is ingrained into the social fabric of your life. Couldn't imagine ever going back to texting/iMessage.

People would just use an alternative, like Telegram or whatever is the next most popular one.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by SirensOfTitan » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:09 PM UTC

dessant wrote: post #223

hkai wrote: post #195

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Why?

Because combined with the abysmal state of education in most places, and a general lack of government action, Facebook is an actual threat to our civilization.

I don't necessarily disagree, but often I hear FB or other tech companies like Twitter singled out re: misinformation. News media contributes to misinformation and contributes to a warped, partisan, permanently-in-catastrophe-mode population just as much as FB, Twitter, and other mediums.

I doubt, if FB goes away, that any of the issues you're implying will go away or even get much better. In fact, the lack of a real look into the negative effects of consumer news product reinforces this idea that only the elite can know the truth, and the masses just have to get in line and shut up.

News media proliferated nonsense from fed sources to justify the Iraq war, they gave Trump 24/7 airtime for a while because it increased ratings. They constantly forgo any real accountability for their actions, and pretend that they aren't just another addictive consumer product that warps peoples' brains.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by pilsetnieks » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:09 PM UTC

rocho wrote: post #194

elboru wrote: post #169

Is it just me or HN also feels kinda laggy?

I can confirm, HN, GitHub and Slack are very slow for me as well. Google is very fast, on the other hand.

All running their DNS on AWS. My guess is that AWS is seeing a massive flood of failed and retried DNS requests for facebook properties, similar to what jgrahamc mentions here for Cloudflare: https://twitter.com/jgrahamc/status/1445066136547217413

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Post by jbverschoor » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 5:10 PM UTC

It's funny that hackernews is now overloaded with distracted people ;-)

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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