This is a pretty good explanation of the networking issues behind the 6-hour outage yesterday:
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram outage.
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i was writing a new thread yesterday and then my internet connection went back online... so i thought no need anymore 
so what happened yesterday ?
it was not only facebook network.. it seemed that all isp went offline too.. first i thought this is related to stupid people who cannot reach facebook and blame their isp ...
but some of my phones shows also wifi symbol with a ! ... some had no internet, some does but cannot reach all sites
hmm??
so what happened yesterday ?
it was not only facebook network.. it seemed that all isp went offline too.. first i thought this is related to stupid people who cannot reach facebook and blame their isp ...
but some of my phones shows also wifi symbol with a ! ... some had no internet, some does but cannot reach all sites
hmm??
Well, it's was good to see on how reliant so many people are on Social media and whatsapp
i was writing a new thread yesterday and then my internet connection went back online... so i thought no need anymore
so what happened yesterday ?
it was not only facebook network.. it seemed that all isp went offline too.. first i thought this is related to stupid people who cannot reach facebook and blame their isp ...
but some of my phones shows also wifi symbol with a ! ... some had no internet, some does but cannot reach all sites
hmm??
Facebook posted that it was a router config change which broke BGP which tells other networks how to route to it. Other ISP outages were merely a bad coincidence.
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Curiously, for Facebook itself, the most serious consequence of the failure was a drop in its stock and profits. There were no ads on the platforms for more than six hours. Some analysts believe the failure cost Facebook more than six billion dollars. Its stock is down more than 5 percent. If you look at the company's stock, it is now cheaper than ever. What needs to happen for the company to rise again? That's a mystery to me. I know that companies use different marketing techniques, for example, influencer marketing ** as per this spam link **But I doubt anything will ever restore Meta's (Facebook) reputation.
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A few days ago, there was another outage on Instagram. However, I never heard an official explanation. However, the company's shares did not fall, and there was no data leakage. Now I am actively promoting my Instagram channel with my spam link
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