I appear to be the only person in US who didn't realize @Facebook @instagram and @WhatsApp are all offline.
Don't use any of them. Was on Facebook for a while but found it baffling & full of misdirection.
I do understand the power of Insta & WhatsApp.
@Twitter is my social.
Don't use any of them. Was on Facebook for a while but found it baffling & full of misdirection.
I do understand the power of Insta & WhatsApp.
@Twitter is my social.
2/ Here's a simple explanation for what took down @Facebook that some of us can relate to — from a tech person.
Facebook changed its permissions this morning, and the change accidentally disallowed Facebook's networking computers from finding & talking to each other.
Oops.
Facebook changed its permissions this morning, and the change accidentally disallowed Facebook's networking computers from finding & talking to each other.
Oops.
3/ The change likely propagated to Facebook's servers automatically.
But here's the catastrophe: You can't propagate the *fix* to the permissions automatically.
Because the computers you're fixing aren't allowed to find & talk to each other.
Gotta input permissions manually.
But here's the catastrophe: You can't propagate the *fix* to the permissions automatically.
Because the computers you're fixing aren't allowed to find & talk to each other.
Gotta input permissions manually.
4/ Ouch.
With apologies for oversimplification of very complicated technology.
But: Here we are 5 hours after outage of one of the largest internet utilities.
I just wanted to understand how something like that could possibly happen, given FB's resources & technical expertise.
With apologies for oversimplification of very complicated technology.
But: Here we are 5 hours after outage of one of the largest internet utilities.
I just wanted to understand how something like that could possibly happen, given FB's resources & technical expertise.
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