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Facebook is down (09:08AM PDT Aug 1, 2014)

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Re: Facebook is down (09:08AM PDT Aug 1, 2014)

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Post by ealexhudson »

DanBC wrote: post #39
kiyoto wrote: post #7

When I submitted http://www.facebook.com , it redirected me back to the previous outage link because the URL is the same: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7914905 I added a random URL string to have HN recognize this as a new entry. Perhaps it's a good idea to allow re-posting the same link for certain URLs so that "XYZ is down/having issues" type posts aren't deemed as duplicates?

> Perhaps it's a good idea to allow re-posting the same link for certain URLs so that "XYZ is down/having issues" type posts aren't deemed as duplicates? It would be a much much better idea if people stopped posting "X IS DOWN!!!!" submissions.

I mostly agree, but I find it vaguely interesting that a service as large and distributed can still have a "down for significant numbers of people"-type event.

Re: Facebook is down (09:08AM PDT Aug 1, 2014)

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Post by DanBC »

kiyoto wrote: post #65
DanBC wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Perhaps it's a good idea to allow re-posting the same link for certain URLs so that "XYZ is down/having issues" type posts aren't deemed as duplicates? It would be a much much better idea if people stopped posting "X IS DOWN!!!!" submissions.

I agree that it is not the most intellectually interesting. But HN, for better and worse, has evolved to be one of the front pages of the Internet (at least for certain demographics), and some people do come here for transient, immediate information. In that sense, I don't think it is entirely useless. Also, sometimes "X is down" type of submissions can start conversations interesting in their own right in the commen…

Maybe they should be limited to a single account? Currently there are at least eight threads about FB.

And isn't the interesting discussion during the post-mortem?

Re: Facebook is down (09:08AM PDT Aug 1, 2014)

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Post by babuskov »

resca79 wrote: post #37

it would be interesting know the technical reasons.

AFAIK they are changing the way 3rd party applications are integrated with FB, using a special set of user IDs for each app, and other privacy related changes which will limit the amount of user information apps get. It's a completely new system and probably tested on smaller user base than the entire FB. My guess is that it went into production worldwide today.

Re: Facebook is down (09:08AM PDT Aug 1, 2014)

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Post by nitinics »

bthrn wrote: post #48

Anybody notice their IPV6 address? 2a03:2880:2110:df07:face:b00c

They do have interesting infrastructure v6 prefixes too.

>> snip 

   5  be2.bb01.iad3.tfbnw.net (2620:0:1cff:dead:beef::6b8)  37.323 ms  37.332 ms  37.326 ms
   6  be13.bb02.frc3.tfbnw.net (2620:0:1cff:dead:beef::16c0)  37.669 ms  27.980 ms  27.878 ms
   7  ae61.dr02.frc3.tfbnw.net (2620:0:1cff:dead:beef::653)  27.525 ms  25.989 ms  25.871 ms
   8  po1022.csw07c.frc3.tfbnw.net (2620:0:1cff:dead:beef::1b75)  26.741 ms  27.965 ms  27.875 ms
   9  * * *
   10  edge-star6-shv-07-frc3.facebook.com  (2a03:2880:2130:7f07:face:b00c:0:1)  25.823 ms  24.916 ms  24.799 ms

Re: Facebook is down (09:08AM PDT Aug 1, 2014)

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Post by kalleboo »

jgrahamc wrote: post #30

As someone who doesn't use Facebook I'm always fascinated by these threads because they show how much some people depend on Facebook (or at least addicted to it).

Facebook has nearly 10% of the global population as monthly active users. You're surprised that people are dependant on it?

I bet you also don't even own a TV.

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