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Facebook Is Down
Phil_at_EvilNET writes "Jeff Bertolucci of PC World reports: 'Thousands of Facebook users this afternoon (US Pacific Time) are reporting that the popular social networking site is down. It's unclear when the outage began. PCWorld has not been able to reach Facebook for comment, but Mashable reports the company has confirmed the outage.'"
And nothing of value was lost. :-P
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
I can't believe this... Facebook went down so I started working and then I actually finished and now I can't figure out what to do!
Okay, I'm not quite that bad, but we all know people who are...
Help me fix my brother's injured butt!
There was a can't resolve DNS error, but it's fixed now.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
My plans for world domination are coming to fruition.
I see a lot of people slamming facebook and social web sites.
They usually do it on some website, while being social.
What makes their comments better than ones on facebook.
For the first time ever... mentioning a site was down on ./ made it come back to life.
It was me, i tripped over the servers cord on my way to the bathroom, ive plugged it back in and pressed the button on the front, hope its ok !!
mom
I believe this only affected those of you stuck in the last millennium. http://v6.facebook.com
http://twitter.com/m_ahmadinejad/status/24007026734
(j/k of course)
As soon as the news story broke that Zuckerberg was richer than Jobs, Apple launched EMP weapons at the Facebook datacenters.
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Well, for one thing it's a mistake by a big technology company, one that we generally like to hate. That's either interesting (because they try very hard to prevent such things with redundancy), or funny (because we don't like them). That makes it post-worthy.
But even if you don't use FB, you were probably effected. Those little FB Like buttons have been spreading around like a contagious pox, but they're built on iframes and javascript. That meant that when FB went down, all the sites with those dynamic little buttons had a page element that basically had to time out to finish rendering. If you put the button at the top of your page, your other javascript may not run until the FB JS either ran or timed out.
Net effect? FB going down slowed down a lot of other sites.
Introducing external dependencies you don't control on top of your business critical process can work out so well for people. I'm sure this kind of thing was considered by everyone during the recent "Let's add a like button" craze.
Don't forget sites where many of their users only login through Facebook Connect. That entire chunk of their user population may have been cut off during the outage.
Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
PALO ALTO, CA -- Millions of Internet users simultaneously threw up their hands in frustration and disgust Thursday afternoon as Facebook.com, a popular website providing distractions from productivity, inter-personal communication services, and a next-generation forum for thousands of misplaced USENET trolls, blinked off the Interwebs in a bright display of sparks and an anti-orgasmic groan.
Calls to Facebook headquarters were not answered but when the machine picked up, background noises included explosions, people screaming, and a burly man shouting DOS commands in a fierce staccato.
Authorities were put on alert status and reinforcements were called in to deal with the huge amount of LOLs and WTFs that had begun to pile up at intersections, due to the timing corresponding with the release of teenagers from school and their subsequent activities. Counselors were bracing themselves to deal with the myriad of relationships that have been thrust violently into limbo as users have been unable to hook up, break up, get married, or get "into a relationship" with their BFF.
Evan Williams, CEO of the popular sister-site Twitter, said in a statement that they were jumping in to help. "We've brought more servers online to deal with the influx of users who need to update their status, complain about a political party, or notify classmates that they are, 'skanky hors'." Williams also noted that they were partnering with TwitPic and other add-on services to ensure that the steady stream of photos of asses, children doing stupid things, and people drinking in semicircles would be preserved.
Ag secretary Vilsack presented a sober speech Thursday afternoon, lamenting the millions of dollars in crop and animal losses expected from the downtime of Facebook. "We know a lot of virtual farmers out there are hurting, " he stated. "You should know -- we will be here to help you rebuild."
Meanwhile, during the downtime, researchers discovered a rather large blue space available outside of their houses and middle age housewives were said to be seen in states of ecstasy from a natural phenomenon known as, "sunshine".
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Dude, screw her pregnancy man. The kid will come out one way or the other and people will get the news a few days late at best.
I've got corn that needs harvesting. My cows are bursting with milk, and who is going to feed my fucking chickens?
Nobody ever thinks of the farmers......
Since a few months ago, Facebook has surpassed Google as the website with the most traffic on the web. If #2 Google.com went down, it'd be here as well, so why not #1?
As a +5 comment in reply to a +2 comment, THAT is certainly strange without context...
I get the feeling that there are some people who feel that posting on facebook is the same as maintaining a relationship. And if I was one of those people whose only contact with someone was via facebook updates, I'd not consider the relationship that important.
What, her Twitter stream isn't enough? How about her email list?
Relying on Facebook for everything is just stupid, and this should be a lesson to your pregnant friend.
How is email any different than sending a message on Facebook?
Hint: it isn't at all.
E-mail accounts frequently change. Facebook accounts remain constant.
I can very easily search for my cousin by name on Facebook. How do I easily find out her e-mail address if I haven't seen her for a few years?
Multiply by 50 or 100 family and friends - Facebook is far more convenient.