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Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by rhubarbquid on Monday July 02, 2012 @11:48PM (#4192409)
She didn't say they didn't have a rollback plan, she was saying there's no way to undo the damage they've already done. She's not privy to their internal plans, it was a metaphor.

Rolling back the change won't get people's time or email back, or undo the damage to facebook's reputation.

Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by j_s on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @12:02AM (#4192448)
That would make sense giving her the benefit of the doubt, thanks. The transition to metaphor was pretty blurry in the article title.

As I pointed out elsewhere, they can just forward the email to the intended address as an unwelcome MTA, so I disagree with your statement that they can't get people's email back. I agree on the time and reputation points though. However, I don't think any rollback has ever gotten those back, so 'rollback impossible' because it can't do what any rollback has ever done seems disingenuous.

Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by taligent on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @01:24AM (#4192670)
I don't understand why you can't undo the damages ?

Just restore from your last iCloud or Device backup.

Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by dserodio on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @09:16AM (#4193899)
What if the "new" addresses have already been backed up over the good backup?
Re:Facebook's e-mail debacle: One 'bug' fix, but rollback im... by rb12345 on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @06:24PM (#4196519)
As silly as it sounds, this almost sounds like a job for Git. In that case, you could simply revert a single commit, and have the user resolve the conflicts. For that to work well though, you'd need to keep separate "repositories" for phone/Google/Facebook/whatever addresses and merge them locally, which could get very ugly for end users.