Facebook was down

Re:Facebook was down by noobermin on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @01:53AM (#8951711)

I've always thought how strange it is when people notice and make such a big deal about facebook being down or accessible. It's almost as if fb has become a public utility or something.

As others have remarked, one way one can interpret this is it is a testament to their ops' exceptional ability as engineers that such downtime is so noticeable.

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Re:Facebook was down by jhildings on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @02:18AM (#8951849)

>It's almost as if fb has become a public utility or something.

Well thats what Zuckerberg answered a user to the question "Why Facebook wasn't cool anymore". He didn't want it to be cool , but more like a digital utility like water or electricity

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Re:Facebook was down by bobbykjack on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @03:58AM (#8952079)

The trouble with that analogy is that water and electricity (just about) are absolutely essential to our day-to-day lives; a specific social media site isn't. Facebook needs to appeal to the trend to keep in business. Hugely popular social networking sites have failed in the past, precisely when they've fallen out if fashion.

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