Hey Steemians!
Facebook and its complimenting apps have become part of billions of users lives and it some cases its the primary source of information and connection with others, don't judge them for they know not what they do, steemians.
So It looks like the Facebook group of sites are down (Facebook, Instagram & Whatsapp) and users are freaking out, the spike has started over the past 24 hours which you can see from this downtime graph here.
The effects aren't really being felt too seriously since load balancing means it only affects a certain subset of users but naturally they think they are being persecuted and are incest by the limited access to their precious platform. Newsflash! NO ONE CARES!
Facebook using Twitter to let people know they are down*
A single point of failure
Just goes to show billions of dollars in tech and infrastructure and you can still have bugs and down time which is naturally costing FB revenue in the process. The company has begun to plateau and it looks like it is only a downward trajectory from here.
let this be a lesson to you boys and girls, centralisation always leaves room for failure on a large scale.
To many people the Facebook ecosystem is there internet and if it were down do you think they would be patient or look for alternatives?
Have your say
What do you think of the Facebok fail? Do you even care? What would it be like if Facebook was shut down for a week or a month? It would make for an interesting thought experiment wouldn't it
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