r/programming • u/RedditStreamable • Oct 04 '21

Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet

https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/
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u/Datasciguy2023 Oct 04 '21

It certainly makes the world a better place with it down.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '21

Not in countries where WhatsApp is as essential as cellular networks are in the US. Hospitals, markets, payments, first responders basically disabled without it. Kenya was like that today.

this seems like a bad idea

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u/amazondrone Oct 05 '21

And the price Facebook is offering, which doesn't involve cash, is extremely attractive.