Facebook and Instagram down in mass outage for thousands of users

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/facebook-instagram-messenger-down-not-working-meta-b3017615.html

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lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 127 pts · 26d (3 replies)

“For thousands” is a fucking rounding error in services with about a billion accounts and DAU in hundreds of millions.

nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 26d

Exactly, “there are dozens of us” was my first thought.

Syndication@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 26d
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Smaile@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 26d

how is this even news, did someone pay for this.

lemmysmash@piefed.social · 75 pts · 26d

INeedMana@piefed.zip · 65 pts · 26d

It happens. Just temporarily switch to another instance
Oh, wait...

Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 56 pts · 26d

SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 40 pts · 26d

And nothing of value is lost.

crystalmerchant@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 26d (1 reply)

omg THOUSANDS of their billions of users??

victorz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 26d

Billions are also thousands! 😅

oats@piefed.zip · 27 pts · 26d

Thousands of users world wide, that's like multiple users per country, oh no!

V382CAR@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 26d

Sadly it didn't stay down.

billwashere@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 25d

Wake me when it’s permanent

popekingjoe@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 26d

tirateimas@lemmy.pt · 14 pts · 26d

Good!

redlemace@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 26d

oh no! the apocalypse has started !! /s

Leviathan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d

Fucking great.

yonderbarn@lazysoci.al · 7 pts · 25d

Absolute pandemonium for infuencers

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 25d

good.

xSikes@feddit.online · 6 pts · 26d (1 reply)

Thousands of users? When zero?

altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 26d

We won't hear about it though.

JustJack23@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 26d (1 reply)
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 3 pts · 26d

Yep!

witnessradiant650@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 25d (1 reply)

Oh no, they'll have to experience real life.

1984@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 25d

Nocody will "like" them in a couple of hours. We may have a national crisis on our hands.

Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 26d (1 reply)

Time for some people to touch grass

aim4harmony@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d

Breathe air and feel the sunshine, too.

mesamunefire@piefed.social · 5 pts · 26d

I was just sharing hat would happen if whatapp and other services went down....Interesting. Guess we see what happends live!

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 26d

lol

Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 26d (1 reply)

Oh, no!

Syndication@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 26d
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Abyssian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d (1 reply)

I don't understand why people keep using that worthless shit.

Twig@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 23d

Probably quite a few reasons

darkmogool@feddit.org · 3 pts · 25d

oh…no…

BottleBoardBakon@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 26d

And nothing of value was lost.

DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 26d

OMFG!!!!!!!!

Smaile@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 26d
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mynameisbob@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 26d

Glory,Glory, Hallelujah