When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it

Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by maccio92 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:04PM (#19391752)

oh boo fucking hoo. companies paying tens of thousands of dollars to shove their ads in your face were unable to shove their ads in your face for a few hours. how tragic.

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by CDSlice on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:22PM (#19391912)

It also brought down Khan Academy's login system because they support Facebook logins and apparently never expected that to go down.

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by decebalus1 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:17PM (#19393195)

That's awesome! Facebook login is cancer and should die.

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by sachin18590 on Friday March 15, 2019 @02:29PM (#19402709)

I couldn't login to Spotify and had to code for hours without my favorite playlist! Damn, the world is a cruel place these days

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by fvjft on Thursday March 14, 2019 @05:16PM (#19393820)

Facebook login has value for many people. It certainly makes it easier to create new accounts and then log into 3rd party websites.

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by youeseh on Thursday March 14, 2019 @06:27PM (#19394488)

If it went down, it may create much more value for many more people! =)

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by hacknat on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:12PM (#19391831)

Also it’s not an economy it’s a market.

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by cm2012 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:53PM (#19393592)

I think the thousands of people who saw the ads and then bought the product appreciate being shown the products' existence. Pretty much matchmaking in action.

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by buboard on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:44PM (#19392172)

Then again, it's those companies that pump money from the rest of the world's economies into FB & Google, allowing SV to keep the investment-acquisition machine running. So i d say you are trivializing it

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by debt on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:01PM (#19392382)

but what about the ma's and pa's

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Re:When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it by longhorn_alum on Thursday March 14, 2019 @05:12PM (#19393766)

Me ma be fine tanks

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