The level of intelligence of the comments in this thread kinda confirm my suspicions that the armchair experts from Reddit et al (including myself) are discovering this site.
Facebook-owned sites were down
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#82downdetector looks like a real mess for it.
I'm going to parrot the other comment here and say nothing of value was lost.
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#83Just wondering - would the engineer who made the mistake be fired?
If a single person can cause the failure during the course of their normal tasks, it's not the fault of that person it's the fault of designers of the systems and processes used by that person.
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#86Wow. I can’t remember the last time whatsapp was done. I pretty much use messenger/instagram/whatsapp to talk to most of my friends and family. I’m happy that I do use other platforms otherwise I would be completely cut off from my parents right now.
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#87Ironic enough; status.fb.com also down.
LOL
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#88The whistleblower said she wanted to fix Facebook.
Mission accomplished, I'd say. For now at least.
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#89One thing that triggers my OCD is leaving the Facebook session open, though it's my own computer. Maybe it's DNS. It's always DNS.
> Maybe it's DNS
If it is, close Facebook as there's probably a BGP hijack going on that is siphoning off personal data and or secrets
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#90This would be a golden opportunity to launch your 'Facebook Killer' app. Preferably a social network where people don't pay with their data, but with, you know, a thing called Money.
Who would pay money to be the first user of a new social network?