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Facebook Isn't Accepting New Posts, Likes, Comments...

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the someone's-getting-fired dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Some of the functionality is missing from Facebook this morning. You can't post, comment or like anything today."

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  1. And so... by cbope · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the beginning of the end is near...

    1. Re:And so... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wonderful. I won't have to know what time my neighbors kids were picked up by the bus or what uplifting JPEG my old girlfriend shared today.

    2. Re:And so... by BSAtHome · · Score: 5, Insightful

      But the start of a very productive work-day is upon us. The shutdown of facebook may recoup some of the lost economics from the government impasse.

      Also, it reminds me of the final scene in Surrogates, where all people suddenly go outside to see the world again. It is a nice idea, though. One is allowed to dream of a better future.

    3. Re:And so... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      my old girlfriend shared today.

      Psst... they don't like being called "old".

    4. Re:And so... by sosume · · Score: 3, Funny

      I just told my boss I have to go home because Facebook isn't working properly. So I can be at home looking at a non-functional Facebook.

    5. Re: And so... by MrTheBunny · · Score: 5, Funny

      Senior citizens can date too you insensitive clod!

    6. Re:And so... by TheCarp · · Score: 4, Funny

      Been listening to too much Bill Hicks recently
      "Why aren't you working?"
      "There is nothing to do"
      "Then pretend like you are busy"
      "You get paid more than me, you fantasize. Hell, pretend I am mopping, go hog wild"

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      "I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
    7. Re:And so... by JeanInMontana · · Score: 2, Informative

      Wonderful. I won't have to know what time my neighbors kids were picked up by the bus or what uplifting JPEG my old girlfriend shared today.

      You don't have to know any of it. Use your settings or unfriend those whom you don't want to see things from.

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    8. Re:And so... by michelcolman · · Score: 5, Funny

      She probably doesn't like being called his girlfriend either :-)

    9. Re:And so... by MBGMorden · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Better to just follow the original instructions and indeed, fill the time with something that looks like work. With a PC on your desk that shouldn't be all that hard to do.

      I've found that nothing looks like work more than a giant page of text. When things are slow around her I just read e-books on my computer. It lets me read a lot more than I otherwise would and nobody EVER questions what you're doing :).

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  2. And.... by Gumug · · Score: 4, Informative

    nothing of value was lossed.

    1. Re:And.... by doti · · Score: 5, Insightful

      nothing of value was lossed.

      But your reputation as an English literate.

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    2. Re:And.... by dkf · · Score: 4, Funny

      nothing of value was lossed.

      But your reputation as an English literate.

      You're ascribing value to that?

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    3. Re:And.... by ebno-10db · · Score: 2

      Turkish. A native speaker told me that it has only one irregular verb. Perhaps they keep it around so students can be already familiar with the concept when they learn a foreign language.

    4. Re:And.... by Megane · · Score: 5, Funny

      Indeed, it should be "Nothing of value was loosed."

      (If you're going to use the wrong word, at least use the right wrong word!)

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    5. Re:And.... by Megane · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Japanese has only like two irregular verbs (one of which only has one irregular form, iirc) and one group of around ten honorific verbs that use the same different conjugation.

      Of course all that is more than offset by combining Chinese word parts into new words (like English takes Greek and Latin), while flattening the pronunciation (from a tonal language to only five vowel sounds) so that you can't tell without context which one it really is, and giving multiple readings for many kanji. A couple of dozen kanji alone are simply pronounced "shin".

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    6. Re:And.... by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      And you just started a sentence with a conjunction. For shame!

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    7. Re:And.... by u38cg · · Score: 3, Insightful

      If it's good enough for Chaucer and Shakespeare, I say...

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    8. Re:And.... by Obfuscant · · Score: 4, Funny

      Japanese has only like two irregular verbs ...

      I found where Facebook's missing 'like' went to.

    9. Re:And.... by pegdhcp · · Score: 2

      I have not realized that we had one.... Interesting, I wonder which verb is irregular.
      When it is your native language peculiarities of the language tend to be overlooked. For example, in Turkish vocalization of vowels are horrible. We kid ourselves that it is very simple and regular. They might be simpler than English, but there are strange variations. I became aware of those modifications only in University while trying to explain my English teacher, how we understand particular homonyms' different meanings out of context. It turned out that they were not homonyms, but homographs.
      And yes, I cheated by using Google now, it is not possible to remember homonym, homograph and homophone after 20 years :)

  3. it's a feature by ericchad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    now if they can only keep it like that

  4. Like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like +1

  5. works fine for me by donnyspi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about we not turn one sentence, unverified, anonymous reports of stuff not working on websites into Slashdot stories. Might as well pipe our corporate helpdesk ticketing system into the Slashdot story submitter. "MY MONITAR WIL NOT TURN ON!!11!!"

    1. Re:works fine for me by EmagGeek · · Score: 4, Funny

      My cup holder is broken!!!

    2. Re:works fine for me by Vanderhoth · · Score: 5, Informative

      I just jumped on to FB and tried to like a post to see if it was true. Interesting results I received a "Please try again - An error occurred. Please try again in a few minutes.", tried to post a "Test post to confirm Facebook is broken" message was met with a similar error message.

      Seems like the report is easy verify. Were you just too lazy to try it yourself and would rather spend your time raging against /.?

    3. Re:works fine for me by Dthief · · Score: 2

      citation needed

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    4. Re:works fine for me by Ioldanach · · Score: 4, Funny

      MY MONITAR WIL NOT TURN ON!!11!!

      Please make sure the power cable is plugged in.

      IS TO DARK T0O SEE WHAT I'M DOING THE POWR IS OUT.

    5. Re:works fine for me by Fnord666 · · Score: 3, Funny

      My cup holder is broken!!!

      Closed as being unable to reproduce. Hopefully the same holds true for the ticket submitter.

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      'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
    6. Re:works fine for me by cybertears · · Score: 2

      I once had a coworker go apeshit because his laptop was still on despite the power in the building going out. We gave him a few minutes to come to his own conclusion, but he never did.

  6. just a technical problem at the NSA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing to see move on little minions.

  7. Let's face it. by Cyfun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And nothing of value was lost.

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  8. Of *course* you can't like anything today.... by QilessQi · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it's Monday.

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    Koans and fables for the software engineer
  9. This just IN!! by RalphMichaelDeLeon · · Score: 2

    /. activity skyrockets for the first time in years as millions of nerds deprived of Candy Crush Saga,Bitstrip, and Marvel Avengers Alliance pour onto net forums to rage and claim the end of the world.

    1. Re:This just IN!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I find it hilarious that your user shows "From Facebook".

  10. Doesn't work on a PC, works on android. by diorcc · · Score: 5, Informative

    Browsers tried, Opera, FF, Chrome. Android 4.1, FB app works (or pretends to).

  11. Works fine for me by EmagGeek · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe people should think a little before posting on Slashdot...

  12. Re:broken by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Same contractor as healthcare.gov?

  13. This is getting tiring by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every other post on /. is about Facebook these days.

    News for internet tools, stuff that doesn't really matter...

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  14. Awesome day! by BitZtream · · Score: 2

    I woke up this morning thinking that today just felt like such a great day.

    I now have confirmation. No Facebook posts from anyone? That is indeed a good day!

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  15. It's a bug by SJHillman · · Score: 2

    Turns out commenting, likes and posts were all bugs, not features. The real news is that Facebook has finally started fixing bugs.

  16. I have an idea by slashmydots · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's a great tip I learned to make money from Facebook!
    1. close Facebook
    2. go to work
    3. make money

    This is a great time to try it out.

    1. Re:I have an idea by Bob+the+Super+Hamste · · Score: 2

      So you must be that single mom who discovered the secrete to making big bucks then.

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    2. Re:I have an idea by ilsaloving · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hey, being a wet nurse is a perfectly acceptable way to make money.

  17. Seems tied to user table by sabernet · · Score: 2

    The errors match those gotten with a borked cookie. Also, not knowing there was an outage, I signed my account out, but it no longer recognizes my password nor sends the reset email(I know my p/w absolutely, was just testing the reset), effectively locking me out entirely.

    I have a sinking "we've been hacked" feeling. Otherwise, I suppose I'll just have to be more productive today!

  18. Re:Heh. by Joining+Yet+Again · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ubuntu is the easiest thing to install if it works first time, and the hardest if it doesn't. In that respect, it's much like Windows.

  19. Why /. News by g0bshiTe · · Score: 2

    Why is this /. news? I'm sure it falls under something technical, but you don't see me posting to /. when my servers are down.

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  20. Re:Who cares? by michelcolman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fortunately I don't use FaceBook, so I can still like whatever I want.

  21. The solution by Stickerboy · · Score: 2

    They obviously need more employee lock-ins. Servants! Work harder! You are failing management!

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  22. Perhaps I should submit my own slashdot news flash by goffster · · Score: 2

    "Slashdot accepts lame unverified story that is probably not even relevant in 60 seconds" (even if it were relevant to begin with)

  23. It's not morning by Vlijmen+Fileer · · Score: 2

    It's evening. When will people (Americans?) finally grok that internet is international, and that the country they live in is just one of many countries...

  24. Re:I'm jumping for sure! by Nimey · · Score: 2

    [3 people like this]

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  25. Re:Back to the lock-in! by Garridan · · Score: 2

    Sorry madam or sir, you cannot like anything today. As a perpetual grump, this suits me fine. Can't say I like it, though.

  26. this means... by buddyglass · · Score: 2

    ...it must be time for an employee lock-in.