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Facebook is Down

Posted by msmash on from the outage-reports dept.

Facebook, the world's largest social networking website, is down for many, users say. Third-party web monitoring tool DownDetector corroborates the claim, adding that more than 11,000 people have reported issues with accessing Facebook in the last 30 minutes or so.

Facebook's outage means social buttons and other Facebook functionalities that are embedded all over the web are also facing issue. Update: Instagram appears to be down, too, for some users.

Update 2: In a statement, a Facebook spokesperson said, "We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible."

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  1. And the world.... by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ....is temporarily a BETTER place for it!!

    ;)

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    1. Re:And the world.... by Z00L00K · · Score: 5, Funny

      If it wasn't posted on /. I would never have noticed it.

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    2. Re:And the world.... by eth1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      ....is temporarily a BETTER place for it!!

      ;)

      Going to be a lot of December babies this year...

    3. Re:And the world.... by thegarbz · · Score: 2

      ....is temporarily a BETTER place for it!!

      ;)

      Going to be a lot of December babies this year...

      What makes you think these virtual friends would want to see each other in real life, much less copulate?

    4. Re:And the world.... by MouseR · · Score: 2

      You trying to tell me the onslaught of anonymous trolls on here makes for a better social experience?

      I'm better off with my friends. Close or less close.

    5. Re:And the world.... by cayenne8 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You trying to tell me the onslaught of anonymous trolls on here makes for a better social experience?

      Well, I've never actually considered Slashdot to be a 'social' site really.....not in the context of the commonly thought of 'social media' of today.

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  2. First Against the Wall by Luthair · · Score: 4, Funny

    When the revolution came

    1. Re:First Against the Wall by desdinova+216 · · Score: 2

      "What are marketing people" Alex?

    2. Re:First Against the Wall by Luthair · · Score: 4, Funny

      The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes," with a footnote to the effect that the editors would welcome applications from anyone interested in taking over the post of robotics correspondent.

  3. Now's your chance, go outside! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's birds and air and stuff out there! And you won't be pissed off at your friends!

  4. And by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Who cares?

  5. If this is the new content filtering. by Fly+Swatter · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like it.

  6. They removed all the.... by 3seas · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...conspiracies...

  7. here's how to fix that when it comes back online by cathector · · Score: 4, Funny

    cat /etc/hosts | grep faceb
    0.0.0.0         facebook.com
    0.0.0.0         www.facebook.com

  8. And by alaskana98 · · Score: 4, Funny

    nothing of value was lost.

  9. The problem with AI by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unfortunately the AI software used to censor fake news from facebook has decided, again, to censor facebook. No one can seem to figure out how to prevent this, so the neural net needs to be retrained AGAIN...

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  10. Actually, facebook is not completly down by pgmrdlm · · Score: 2

    If you type www.facebook.com, you get an error message.

    BUT, if you click on a link to a specific page.
    Example: https://www.facebook.com/busin...

    The page resolves. so, not completely down as we all had hoped.

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  11. Enjoy your brief period of relative PRIVACY by Rick+Schumann · · Score: 4, Funny

    It won't last, but enjoy it while you can!

  12. Productivity skyrockets! by Qbertino · · Score: 2

    EOM

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  13. May it stay down forever! by WCMI92 · · Score: 2

    No one's information is being stolen and sold. So that isn't bad at all!

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  14. For everyone posting "Good"... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...realize that there are around 750,000,000 people who care WAY more about this than the number of people who care if Slashdot goes down.

    You can laugh, sneer, and make so-called witty comments, but you're in the minority. Compared to Facebook, Slashdot is nugatory.

    More to the point, where is any kind of technical analysis or discussion? The total abandonment of any actual technical commentary in favor of childish rhetoric is why I years ago stopped logging in to my >20 year old /. account, and barely come here any more.

    "He stopped loading Slashdot, when it had changed so much that there was no longer anything of value to be lost."

  15. Obligatory by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 2

    Obligatory "...and nothing of value was lost" statement.

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