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Re:Outage post-mortem by cstrat on Sunday January 12, 2014 @11:26PM (#7048914)
I found it hard to work out where to get the most up to date information on the outage. I checked the blog, but the last message was their New Year message. In the app and on the main website (mobile version) I couldn't see anything...

Glad I read HN otherwise I don't know how I would have come across this information. =)

Re:Outage post-mortem by kordless on Monday January 13, 2014 @12:13AM (#7049041)
Would be nice to have a service who stepped in when shit like this happened. I'd pay good money to have a tiger team appear out of thin air when the shit hit the fan.
Re:Outage post-mortem by cstrat on Monday January 13, 2014 @04:25AM (#7049603)
I just meant to say that, it would be great if their mobile device application had some way of notifying users of an issue. Rather than just have a generic error when you try to upload files... it would have been good if the app had a banner that said they were experiencing issues and normal service would resume in x days... something.
Re:Outage post-mortem by kordless on Monday January 13, 2014 @12:25AM (#7049081)
I mean customer facing.
Re:Outage post-mortem by maroonblazer on Monday January 13, 2014 @01:51AM (#7049309)
Meaning a public relations function? That's what this boils down to, ultimately; a person(s) who know the audience, understands what concerns and questions they have and provides timely answers to them.

I thought their response struck the appropriate level of detail. I don't care to know the inner workings of their processes, but I'd like some indication that they care and that they're working on it. I got that from this.