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#289868 5-Oct-2021 05:11
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So ... woke up this morning and no access to the trio FB, IG and WA... 


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  #2789472 5-Oct-2021 05:36
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Same here, even via international VPNs




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  #2789473 5-Oct-2021 05:38
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This is interesting ... 


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  #2789474 5-Oct-2021 05:38
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There is a god after all.



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  #2789475 5-Oct-2021 05:39
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Unfortunately a few other things I need for work seem to be down too

 

(That 60 minutes link doesn't surprise me in the slightest - it goes hand in hand with different treatment of those who have paid advert accounts and those who don't when it comes to censoring too)


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  #2789476 5-Oct-2021 06:05
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Oh no, however will I muck around and waste time now.


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  #2789477 5-Oct-2021 06:35
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Handle9: There is a god after all.

 

 

 

I for one welcome our new way of life and everyone will get a break from the dystopian social media website.





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  #2789480 5-Oct-2021 06:42
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To be fair, FB is pretty toxic and cancerous, it should be electronically nuked from existence.

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  #2789484 5-Oct-2021 06:59
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Oh the calamity.




Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.


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  #2789506 5-Oct-2021 07:13
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Now the loading speed of all other pages are significantly better without the embedded crap, tracking URLs, 3rd party cookies. :)


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  #2789507 5-Oct-2021 07:15
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Did Zucc post a picture of his own nipples by mistake?


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  #2789512 5-Oct-2021 07:29
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Glad I am not working in a call centre for a ISP think of the calls they must be getting!

" I pay you for internet access get Facebook working now or I won't pay my bill "

" My texting is not working "




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  #2789525 5-Oct-2021 07:53
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https://twitter.com/dok2001/status/1445056572703625218 

 

Facebook DNS and other services are down.  It appears their BGP routes have been withdrawn from the internet. 
@Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 started seeing high failure in last 20mins.


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  #2789531 5-Oct-2021 07:56
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I knew there was something in that vaccine…




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  #2789549 5-Oct-2021 08:22
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Facebook's software is so dysfunctional and flaky that I thought it was just operating as normal when I was struggling to use it this morning. 


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  #2789553 5-Oct-2021 08:27
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engedib:

 

Now the loading speed of all other pages are significantly better without the embedded crap, tracking URLs, 3rd party cookies. :)

 

 

It is affecting other services too - their DNS failure means some DNS are being overloaded with lookups and preventing traffic from happening.





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