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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by Implicated on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:31PM (#19382680)
Facebook's own status dashboard (https://developers.facebook.com/status/dashboard/) showed no issues or outtage just 30 min ago.

I run a messenger bot platform - the webhooks stopped being delivered _hours_ ago... nothing on their status page until it had been down for hours.

Their current issue...

"We are currently experiencing issues that may cause some API requests to take longer or fail unexpectedly. We are investigating the issue and working on a resolution."

What? lmao

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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:58PM (#19383057)
I'm pretty sure businesses use status pages to divert attention from support resources, they never seem to give useful information about outages and half the time don't even mention the outage.
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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by yalok on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @04:18PM (#19383299)
that page is down now as well
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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by buboard on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @04:59PM (#19383707)
you get what you pay for
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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by knicholes on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @05:17PM (#19383908)
If you're inferring that Facebook is "free," I'd strongly disagree. Data is the currency of today, and they're swimming in it.
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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by buboard on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @05:17PM (#19383915)
fb platform is free
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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by marnett on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @06:33PM (#19384634)
Facebook is a paid advertising platform. There are plenty of people not getting what they paid for as a result of an outage.
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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by buboard on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @07:27PM (#19385036)
ok but you are all talking about the users. facebook platform is free to use for developers

as for the advertisers, i doubt they 'll be charged for impressions that didn't happen

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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by evasote on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:57PM (#19385564)
But for someone who runs a business that relies on Instagram for marketing, and pays for advertising on that platform, it's a bit scary when the whole thing is down. Obviously this was only temporary this morning, and sure, no charges while down, but doesn't do me much good...
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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by valentinemsmith on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @06:38PM (#19384677)
TAANSTAFL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_ain%27t_no_such_thing_as...

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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by henrikschroder on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @04:56PM (#19383666)
I can't even reach that status page right now...
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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by augbog on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @06:31PM (#19384612)
when I click I see a blank screen. why
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