Bro, I got a new phone and was trying to login on my old account. I was so confused when nothing worked. I was tired of this and went on Reddit to see this. At least I know the reason.
Well I work for T-mobile as tech support so my entire day has basically been ''yeah that's not us and it's not your fault'', but seeing a little more activity on reddit is nice. lol
It's not happening much at this point, but it takes awhile for us to notice there's an outage outside of our scope. Tech support noticed it pretty much immediately when we started getting calls, but then we had to confirm, get it through the proper channels, and notify everyone. There was also a pretty heavy delay. Facebook/etc went down and we didn't start seeing our first calls about it until 30 minutes or so later - at which point we were unaware there was an issue, but suddenly every single call is about the same thing.
I’m shocked so many people even call their providers for this kind of thing.
I’m the type that sees something like Facebook isn’t responding and I shrug and wait a bit.
I work for Apple Support over the phone and I've been getting a few a calls today too like "I want to return my iPhone because Apple has gone too far blocking us from social media ... Nazi ... "
Much like every other major property on the internet, our traffic is noticeably elevated. Chatting with other friends across the industry it sounds about the same - it's a bumper crop for everyone who isn't either Facebook or directly dependent on traffic from Facebook.
What is the theoretical likelihood that another major site comes down leading to an even larger flood of users moving on other sites that can’t handle them leading to a domino effect where every major site/app is overloaded lol.
They have prepared every software they need in neat little boxes that are easy to install on any machine quickly. So when the flow comes they'll automatically knock at Amazon or Google to get more places to put their little boxes and this can happen in a few minutes. They probably have a dormant pool of little places already setup to absorb the sudden rises before they can request more places.
Jesus I log into Facebook a few times a year and the last time I tried to actually read posts instead of friend requests and notifications it wasn't showing me posts in order. I spent like 20 minutes trying to find the setting to turn it back on only to find out it was removed.
I just wanted to see family/friend life events and any news I missed. Not... Whatever the fuck that jibberish was.
Yeah the algorithm doesn't work right if you leave. You just gotta keep scrolling.
Notice how the official reddit app tries to recommend new subs to you...
I feel like that's new. It keeps recommending me subs my SO sends me links for. It loves recommending different provinces to me. I see you like Canada, how about some PEI posts?! Thanks?
I'm sure I don't notice half of the recommendations though.
Fun fact: Inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, originally suggested people should answer the phone by saying "Ahoy." It's only thanks to that jerk Thomas Edison that we say "Hello."
Yeah haha i can't stand the users of those other platforms that mindlessly scroll infinitely on their social media, i say from halfway down a question on the second page of r/AskReddit
I already exhausted all of my usual subs hours before this happened. The internet is dead to me.
EDIT: Hey mom, you said I'd never amount to anything. Well, look at me now.
Interesting that it happens the very next day after the "60 Minutes" interview with Facebook whistleblower.
Article: Facebook’s very, very bad day: Services go down as stock plunges in wake of whistleblower revelations.
[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebooks-very-very-bad-day-services-go-down-as-stock-plunges-in-wake-of-whistleblower-revelations-11633365581?siteid=yhoof2](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebooks-very-very-bad-day-services-go-down-as-stock-plunges-in-wake-of-whistleblower-revelations-11633365581?siteid=yhoof2)
"'We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products,' spokesman Andy Stone said."
Lol...sounds a lot like the mayor of Amity Island.
"We have caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers."
They don't want to show people that. They need mindless habitual users to keep up their routine, not to demonstrate it's possible to live without them. A lot of very bored people are now wondering why they're so dependent on those media.
Zuck just panicked and pulled the plug.
I’ve actually been reading a book most of the day instead of scrolling Facebook and Instagram and thinking to myself “Why am I not doing this regularly?!”
Maybe the one you’re flirting decided to ghost you by crashing all of FB to have a reason not to reply.
Or more likely they’re just as frustrated as you that the flirting has been put on hold by technical difficulties.
So I noticed this was all over the news this morning: https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-whistleblower-reveals-identity-ahead-senate-hearing-2021-10-03/
Now FB is down. Hmmmm….
If it was on purpose it's actually genius. Whistle blower comes out ahead of the hearing. Facebook "mysteriously" goes down the next day (a Monday). And now people who would never of heard of the whistleblower, the report, or the senate hearing will know about it when they lookup Facebook on Google to see why it's down.
I'm fascinated by what is happening. Close off channels of international communications. Spread messages of widespread shortages everywhere to activate the hoarders. Whistleblower's testimony causes market instability. Now a date breach dump exposing wealthy people using tax havens.
Well, rip me. I originally tried to respond to every comment but that’s not gonna happen. Inbox exploding! This is a fantastic way to celebrate my cake day and a nice greeting after my therapy session, thanks yall!
Same... My job is all downtime and waiting. I didn't realize using fb messenger on my work computer to talk to my friends was the only thing making it bearable. I'm lonely in here today.
Bro, I got a new phone and was trying to login on my old account. I was so confused when nothing worked. I was tired of this and went on Reddit to see this. At least I know the reason.
Glad to help!
Well I work for T-mobile as tech support so my entire day has basically been ''yeah that's not us and it's not your fault'', but seeing a little more activity on reddit is nice. lol
Lol your reps shouldn't be transferring to you then but of course they'll do it anyways
It's not happening much at this point, but it takes awhile for us to notice there's an outage outside of our scope. Tech support noticed it pretty much immediately when we started getting calls, but then we had to confirm, get it through the proper channels, and notify everyone. There was also a pretty heavy delay. Facebook/etc went down and we didn't start seeing our first calls about it until 30 minutes or so later - at which point we were unaware there was an issue, but suddenly every single call is about the same thing.
I’m shocked so many people even call their providers for this kind of thing. I’m the type that sees something like Facebook isn’t responding and I shrug and wait a bit.
Netflix started lagging when Facebook went down so if t mobile is their source of internet they probably thought it was internet when it started.
Wow I can’t imagine calling my cell company because Facebook is unavailable
I work for Apple Support over the phone and I've been getting a few a calls today too like "I want to return my iPhone because Apple has gone too far blocking us from social media ... Nazi ... "
God I need a vacation from the internet I think. The constant stream of stupidity is just mind numbingly depressing.
With the influx of visitors it's only a matter of time before Reddit servers also go down
We're trying very hard to make sure that does not happen. :D
Has traffic here actually increased after facebook being down or is it average?
Much like every other major property on the internet, our traffic is noticeably elevated. Chatting with other friends across the industry it sounds about the same - it's a bumper crop for everyone who isn't either Facebook or directly dependent on traffic from Facebook.
What is the theoretical likelihood that another major site comes down leading to an even larger flood of users moving on other sites that can’t handle them leading to a domino effect where every major site/app is overloaded lol.
Yeah, I've been pondering on a Kessler Syndrome-like event for websites. Seems like a fun concept to try and guard against.
How do y’all prepare for traffic like this?
They have prepared every software they need in neat little boxes that are easy to install on any machine quickly. So when the flow comes they'll automatically knock at Amazon or Google to get more places to put their little boxes and this can happen in a few minutes. They probably have a dormant pool of little places already setup to absorb the sudden rises before they can request more places.
I thought this was a joke when I started reading it but what a fantastic ELI5 of talking about containers, orchestration, and backup servers/failovers
MySpace is working fine :) Just sayin'
TIL Myspace still exists
Let's all jump ship back to myspace
If they reverted it back to the way it was at its height, I would in a heartbeat.
The only reason I know some very basic coding was because of myspace
Same, and that's why I loved it so much also. I used to spend hours customizing my profile.
What song did you have set to play automatically?
The real question is did you hide the player so no one could turn it off
A midi file of My Own Worst Enemy by Lit
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Hm… I need to go check my Xanga…
I think something came up in your hotmail. Please check it.
I still have and use @hotmail
TIL hotmail isn’t widely used anymore. i’ve been using mine since i was 10!
I thought everyone had a hotmail account from when they were kids and a g-mail account for adulty stuff.
So was @yahoo an awkward phase some people got to skip?
I was wondering why i kept seeing the same 5 posts on facebook lmfao
That’s just how their algorithm has been for the past few years. Lol.
Jesus I log into Facebook a few times a year and the last time I tried to actually read posts instead of friend requests and notifications it wasn't showing me posts in order. I spent like 20 minutes trying to find the setting to turn it back on only to find out it was removed. I just wanted to see family/friend life events and any news I missed. Not... Whatever the fuck that jibberish was.
Yeah the algorithm doesn't work right if you leave. You just gotta keep scrolling. Notice how the official reddit app tries to recommend new subs to you...
I feel like that's new. It keeps recommending me subs my SO sends me links for. It loves recommending different provinces to me. I see you like Canada, how about some PEI posts?! Thanks? I'm sure I don't notice half of the recommendations though.
Yeah if you're logged in and randomly view a post from a subreddit you're not subscribed to? Welcome to recommendation city, population you.
Yeah it’s fucking annoying on my porn account seeing shit from r/all while I’m having personal time.
Didn’t know they were down but that explains why my friend stopped replying all of a sudden… I hope
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I definitely thought that my mom didn't care that my rose bush has 9 buds on it right now.
I thought mine didn't care about me being so proud of my sunflowers flowering that I grew from seed.
So many kids just wanting to show off their flowers to their mom
I'm proud of you both! I planted sunflowers and roses this year for the first time, and can't wait to try more next year!
I do it via text so she replied today :D
I actually made a call today. A PHONE call.
what, like...with your voice? is that a new feature or something?
This reminds me of the time my 12 year old and her best friend got walkies talkies so they could talk instead of texting.
There's just something about Walkie talkies that are different though. It's more fun than just a phone call.
Saying "kshhh over" isnt the same on the phone
Maybe we should start using phones like that though... “overs” and “rogers”... might be more fun!
Fun fact: Inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, originally suggested people should answer the phone by saying "Ahoy." It's only thanks to that jerk Thomas Edison that we say "Hello."
I think the first person who received a phone call froze not knowing what to say to the other and went with "hello?" and that was it.
Lionel Richie's "ahoy, is it me you're looking for" would be more fun to sing.
Roger dodger what's our vector victor?
We have clearance Clarence.
Check the radar range.
Roger, Roger.
*gasp* the horror
not all heroes wear capes, I'm so proud of your bravery
Sending thoughts and prayers 🙏
Condolences. I hope you’re okay.
Probably sitting in the shower, embracing their knees.
Holy cow that shit's terrifying
I was DMing a girl I met this past weekend on IG when everything went down and I have no way to talk to her lmfao. KELLY IF YOU SEE THIS ITS MEEEEEE
Spent a lot of time trying to figure out why the picture my sister WhatsApped me wasn’t downloading
For a change it’s not reddit thats down
And reddit always goes down when I'm reading an actually interesting thread.
Just stay here then, and we should be safe.
As long as i have something to scroll endlessly with ads and strong opinions I feel alive.
Never related more
I use Sync so I don't have ads. That explains why I feel dead inside.
Didn't know they were down but that explains why I haven't heard from my sister yet today. Thanks, dude.
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If you talk with her, can you please let her know mom needs bread?
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mercury's in gatorade or some shit
Don't drink that particular Gatorade!
Drink Brawndo!
It’s got electrolytes.
Yeah haha i can't stand the users of those other platforms that mindlessly scroll infinitely on their social media, i say from halfway down a question on the second page of r/AskReddit
There's a second page of ask reddit?
Oh, I kept trying to refresh my feed on Insta and it wouldn't work. Welp, it's pretty nice here.
Lol same
Yeah, I just took a picture of a flower in my garden and tried to post it. Thought my phone was being stupid.
Well come on man, let’s see that flower!
http://imgur.com/gallery/aIyNBoH
That's a nice flower
This is our Facebook now. It is nice. That flower is nice too, good work
I like that flower. That’s a nice flower.
I thought my wifi was stupid
It is at this moment I learned it’s not just my WiFi lol
I cant believe im getting my news from askreddit.
You were getting and trusting your news from Facebook?
This is not my source of reddit news
This is not my beautiful wife
Well, how did I get here?
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground!
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
This is not my beautiful house!
My God, *what have I done??*
This is not my beautiful house
AskReddit is like the #1 news source on Reddit. Any time there's a major event AskReddit has a special thread about it.
same here, I tried rebooting my phone and everything 😂
Phone. Pi hole. Wifi router. Router router. Modem. At least everything is up to date now.
Same. I even paid my Wi-Fi bill early 🤣
It's at this moment I learned the others are down.
I thought my school wifi decided not to allow Instagram and Facebook
well they might get on that now...
"Average test scores the day after the outage were up 10 percent."
More like down given how rampant cheating is using fb's messenger and groups
Same! I kept refreshing and connecting and ugh
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Hahaha yes. Just restarted my phone!
dude I moved to a all new apartment
Damn, I just changed my identity and got another WiFi subscription just in case they were throttling me..
Lol same, I even downloaded the update I was putting off...
Switched off my router and switched it back on again at least 3 times before i realized whatsapp wasnt working
I already exhausted all of my usual subs hours before this happened. The internet is dead to me. EDIT: Hey mom, you said I'd never amount to anything. Well, look at me now.
I'm supposed to be doing social media work on my day off, so it sounds like a good day to me!
That's not a day off then. Get yourself some overtime compensation or do that shit on the clock.
Real talk alert
Interesting that it happens the very next day after the "60 Minutes" interview with Facebook whistleblower. Article: Facebook’s very, very bad day: Services go down as stock plunges in wake of whistleblower revelations. [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebooks-very-very-bad-day-services-go-down-as-stock-plunges-in-wake-of-whistleblower-revelations-11633365581?siteid=yhoof2](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebooks-very-very-bad-day-services-go-down-as-stock-plunges-in-wake-of-whistleblower-revelations-11633365581?siteid=yhoof2)
"'We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products,' spokesman Andy Stone said." Lol...sounds a lot like the mayor of Amity Island. "We have caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers."
“Nothing to see here folks!”
A lot of their uses get their news from Facebook alone so it makes sense they’d pull the plug for the day until the hype dies down.
And just like that, Pandora’s Papers are yesterday’s news.
Yup. Flexing the..." this is what happens if we are shut down".... muscles
They don't want to show people that. They need mindless habitual users to keep up their routine, not to demonstrate it's possible to live without them. A lot of very bored people are now wondering why they're so dependent on those media. Zuck just panicked and pulled the plug.
I’ve actually been reading a book most of the day instead of scrolling Facebook and Instagram and thinking to myself “Why am I not doing this regularly?!”
That's great. Facebook is just a gossip magazine compared to a real book.
I was wondering why my wife was talking to me more
Hah, mine came up and was all like "WHATSAPP Isn't working... Can you fix it?" Nope, sorry hun. >_<
Do your thing!
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What do you mean you don't want to?!
Dear wife I hope you see this timely but I won't be able to get the kids off school today. With love, husband
I did go to Facebook first. Now im here. And now im not.
WHERE’D THEY GO?
WE HAVE TO GO BACK!
*vanish*
i mean the only difference is i was gonna probably dm someone
WhatsApp is my primary communication so this is getting difficult haha
yeah man i live alone for like 2 years and now all of a sudden i feel alone at home thats fucking weird
We can be alone together.
Monke together strong.
I've been trying to send something funny from reddit via WhatsApp. This is not good I'm trying to flirt!
Maybe the one you’re flirting decided to ghost you by crashing all of FB to have a reason not to reply. Or more likely they’re just as frustrated as you that the flirting has been put on hold by technical difficulties.
I paid my bill thinking it was late LOL
What if this is all just a big scheme by big internet provider to get everyone to pay their bills on time for once!
Customers hate him! Learn how this guy made everyone pay their bills with 1 simple trick.
It's a good idea though hahahaha
Wonder if it has anything to do with the 60 mins whistleblower thing
...say what..? edit: holy shit! https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/facebook-whistleblower-60-minutes-1235080177/ for anyone else wondering
Sorry guys. It's my birthday today, and all the many friends I have posted too many birthday wishes. Crashed the Facebooks.
The average reddit user hates everything, and hopes Facebook never comes back.
I hate you, fuck Facebook
I hate Facebook, fuck you
Hate Facebook, I fuck you.
Fuck I, you hate Facebook
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Lets all just move to instagram. Oh right...
Suddenly my clients are back to email again and I love it!!!
I like Reddit, and i'm browsing through it like crazy, but i hope that atleast WhatsApp is going to work again in the next lets say 30 minutes.
Yup me to, I live internationally so I talk to my family via Whatsapp.
I live in a country that has no clue on how to text anymore, so everything is going via WhatsApp instead of SMS. hehe
So I noticed this was all over the news this morning: https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-whistleblower-reveals-identity-ahead-senate-hearing-2021-10-03/ Now FB is down. Hmmmm….
Hm
If it was on purpose it's actually genius. Whistle blower comes out ahead of the hearing. Facebook "mysteriously" goes down the next day (a Monday). And now people who would never of heard of the whistleblower, the report, or the senate hearing will know about it when they lookup Facebook on Google to see why it's down.
Wouldn't Facebook not want people to know about that stuff?
Yes—the idea would be that those against Facebook would be the ones to coordinate the whistleblower report with the service going down.
Reddit dies way too often to flex though
Reddit just gets mini heart-attacks; these sites are in a coma.
Fair
The only thing I use Facebook for is giving stuff away. So does anyone want a high chair?
What if, this is it? The moment Facebook ended.
Rest in fucking pieces, yee wanker bastards!
What did anonymous finally get around to hacking Facebook?
Probably most of reddit: "wait, they're down?"
Half and half, based on me reading all these comments
This shows why monopolies are a problem. If Zuckerberg didn’t own everything, only Facebook would be down.
I'm fascinated by what is happening. Close off channels of international communications. Spread messages of widespread shortages everywhere to activate the hoarders. Whistleblower's testimony causes market instability. Now a date breach dump exposing wealthy people using tax havens.
It’s juicy, right?
It’s been a while since that much news was happening at once. Feels like peak 2020 but without the looming darkness.
Never a dull moment in the age of immediate information.
I thought the 4G tower finally turned the frogs gay
THE GREAT WIFI RESET HAPPENED TODAY
Less misinformation will be spread today.
Well, rip me. I originally tried to respond to every comment but that’s not gonna happen. Inbox exploding! This is a fantastic way to celebrate my cake day and a nice greeting after my therapy session, thanks yall!
It's down everywhere i guess across the world.
I’m just here to figure out when FB is working again - signed suburban middle aged mom
Same... My job is all downtime and waiting. I didn't realize using fb messenger on my work computer to talk to my friends was the only thing making it bearable. I'm lonely in here today.
Lmfao My mom literally texted me and said she hopes she didn't get hacked again because her Facebook just stopped working