Facebook Isn't Accepting New Posts, Likes, Comments... 258
An anonymous reader writes "Some of the functionality is missing from Facebook this morning. You can't post, comment or like anything today."
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And so... (Score:5, Funny)
... the beginning of the end is near...
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my old girlfriend shared today.
Psst... they don't like being called "old".
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She probably doesn't like being called his girlfriend either :-)
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Apparently she likes being called by anyone. Even HER exes.
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Wonderful. I won't have to know what time my neighbors kids were picked up by the bus or what uplifting JPEG my old girlfriend shared today.
You don't have to know any of it. Use your settings or unfriend those whom you don't want to see things from.
Re:And so... (Score:5, Insightful)
But the start of a very productive work-day is upon us. The shutdown of facebook may recoup some of the lost economics from the government impasse.
Also, it reminds me of the final scene in Surrogates, where all people suddenly go outside to see the world again. It is a nice idea, though. One is allowed to dream of a better future.
Re:And so... (Score:4, Funny)
I just told my boss I have to go home because Facebook isn't working properly. So I can be at home looking at a non-functional Facebook.
Re:And so... (Score:5, Funny)
Been listening to too much Bill Hicks recently
"Why aren't you working?"
"There is nothing to do"
"Then pretend like you are busy"
"You get paid more than me, you fantasize. Hell, pretend I am mopping, go hog wild"
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Better to just follow the original instructions and indeed, fill the time with something that looks like work. With a PC on your desk that shouldn't be all that hard to do.
I've found that nothing looks like work more than a giant page of text. When things are slow around her I just read e-books on my computer. It lets me read a lot more than I otherwise would and nobody EVER questions what you're doing :).
broken (Score:2)
Re:broken (Score:4, Funny)
Same contractor as healthcare.gov?
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Re:And.... (Score:5, Insightful)
nothing of value was lossed.
But your reputation as an English literate.
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nothing of value was lossed.
But your reputation as an English literate.
You're ascribing value to that?
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"RivenAleem likes this"
Ahhh sweet sweet release. Seriously, I was getting the shakes.
*off in search of more things to like*
Re:And.... (Score:5, Funny)
Indeed, it should be "Nothing of value was loosed."
(If you're going to use the wrong word, at least use the right wrong word!)
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Turkish. A native speaker told me that it has only one irregular verb. Perhaps they keep it around so students can be already familiar with the concept when they learn a foreign language.
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When it is your native language peculiarities of the language tend to be overlooked. For example, in Turkish vocalization of vowels are horrible. We kid ourselves that it is very simple and regular. They might be simpler than English, but there are strange variations. I became aware of those modifications only in University while trying to explain my English teacher, how we understand particular homonyms' different meani
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Japanese has only like two irregular verbs (one of which only has one irregular form, iirc) and one group of around ten honorific verbs that use the same different conjugation.
Of course all that is more than offset by combining Chinese word parts into new words (like English takes Greek and Latin), while flattening the pronunciation (from a tonal language to only five vowel sounds) so that you can't tell without context which one it really is, and giving multiple readings for many kanji. A couple of dozen
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Japanese has only like two irregular verbs ...
I found where Facebook's missing 'like' went to.
it's a feature (Score:5, Insightful)
Like (Score:4, Funny)
Like +1
works fine for me (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:works fine for me (Score:4, Funny)
My cup holder is broken!!!
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Re:works fine for me (Score:4, Funny)
My cup holder is broken!!!
Closed as being unable to reproduce. Hopefully the same holds true for the ticket submitter.
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Re:works fine for me (Score:5, Informative)
Seems like the report is easy verify. Were you just too lazy to try it yourself and would rather spend your time raging against
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He wasn't commenting on the veracity of the story. He was pointing out that it was anonymous and Tweet sized and wondering if that's how /. is going to gather stories now.
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Testing it yourself only proves that FB is down for two people. You, and some other anonymous guy.
This does not make it a news story.
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Please make sure the power cable is plugged in.
Re:works fine for me (Score:5, Funny)
MY MONITAR WIL NOT TURN ON!!11!!
Please make sure the power cable is plugged in.
IS TO DARK T0O SEE WHAT I'M DOING THE POWR IS OUT.
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Making assumptions that things are related is for IQ tests.
In the real world, it's best not to jump to conclusions - either become an expert, or get in touch with one.
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URGENT NEWSFLASH (Score:2)
After an extensive Google trawl (like it took 30 seconds!) I managed to find a solution, which was to apt-build install python-qscintilla2.
A short while later, after I installed the newly-rebuilt packages, eric5 happily began to run again, and all was well with the Universe.
(well, that was FAR more interesting than this supposed \. news item - which was ap
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I haven't had a problem (Score:2)
just a technical problem at the NSA (Score:4, Funny)
Nothing to see move on little minions.
Let's face it. (Score:5, Insightful)
And nothing of value was lost.
Of *course* you can't like anything today.... (Score:5, Funny)
...it's Monday.
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For wont of mod points....
This just IN!! (Score:2)
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Doesn't work on a PC, works on android. (Score:5, Informative)
Works fine for me (Score:4, Informative)
Maybe people should think a little before posting on Slashdot...
This is getting tiring (Score:5, Insightful)
Every other post on /. is about Facebook these days.
News for internet tools, stuff that doesn't really matter...
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A Facebook outage, like a Google outage, is news. Sure, there might be a bunch of stuff that worthless, but actual outages are news.
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its 50-50 since 3D printing and bitcoin became old hat.
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Awesome day! (Score:2)
I woke up this morning thinking that today just felt like such a great day.
I now have confirmation. No Facebook posts from anyone? That is indeed a good day!
It's a bug (Score:3)
Turns out commenting, likes and posts were all bugs, not features. The real news is that Facebook has finally started fixing bugs.
I have an idea (Score:5, Funny)
1. close Facebook
2. go to work
3. make money
This is a great time to try it out.
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Re:I have an idea (Score:4, Funny)
Hey, being a wet nurse is a perfectly acceptable way to make money.
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and eBay trouble (Score:2)
...and I've also noted that eBay isn't working correctly - no searches seem to be working. Potentially more upsetting to someone because I bought what I was after off Amazon instead (so some ebayer lost a sale)
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Shortest evah (Score:2)
website experiences short outage (Score:2)
Seems tied to user table (Score:3)
The errors match those gotten with a borked cookie. Also, not knowing there was an outage, I signed my account out, but it no longer recognizes my password nor sends the reset email(I know my p/w absolutely, was just testing the reset), effectively locking me out entirely.
I have a sinking "we've been hacked" feeling. Otherwise, I suppose I'll just have to be more productive today!
So where are all the facebook System Programmers? (Score:2)
They are all over at Healthcare.gov trying to get that working before the HHS secretary looses her job.
I guess we will find out how well the best and brightest can handle multiple outages.. Not looking good so far.
Genyuses at work (Score:2)
Looks like the genyuses of Silicon Valley's bleeding edge social media have been hard at work creating ever more reliable software. I'm glad these people don't work on banking networks. Perhaps Zuck and company should offer their expertise to the Obamacare website.
Why /. News (Score:3)
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Facebook May Not Be Deterministic (Score:2)
My impression is that the Facebook system, for all its corporate might, is a nigh baling-twine-and-duct-taped mishmash of servers with unpredictable sets of code in them. Partly this is due to my discovery that sometimes your post history fails to be included in a downloaded archive (link [angrymath.com]). At the time, it was working for some people but not for others. It had worked for me in the past, then stopped, then restarted later on. A Facebook worker in the comments actually asked around and said the feature was su
The solution (Score:3)
They obviously need more employee lock-ins. Servants! Work harder! You are failing management!
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How else shall I indulge my vanity? (Score:2)
and show my friends, enemies and vague acquaintances how interesting, joyful, and insightful my life is? Especially compared to others. You can't do all those things with just a mirror, or around the watercooler!
I wonder what's going on at Google+...
Facebook is UP now. (Score:2)
And the world carried on. (Score:2)
Imagine that, it is like Facebook fell off the Internet. I thought I heard crying and whimpering.
My kids ( early 20s ) didn't even notice as they moved on from the site last year. They wouldn't be caught dead on what they call an 'old people site'.
My theory (Score:2)
Coincidence that this happens on the same day Ed Bott blogs about this exact issue with Win8.1 [zdnet.com]? I don't think so
Facebook finally useful (Score:2)
You can't post, comment or like anything.
Finally. This is the official start of Facebook's slow decline. Next up. Video ads in your newsfeed that you cannot turn off and then starts the great migration to the next big thing.
Perhaps I should submit my own slashdot news flash (Score:3)
"Slashdot accepts lame unverified story that is probably not even relevant in 60 seconds" (even if it were relevant to begin with)
hmmmmm (Score:2)
And, this is bad why?
Why is this even on slashdot? (Score:2)
I'm jumping for sure! (Score:2)
Facebook's down! Oh my gosh, I'm jumping off a bridge.
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[3 people like this]
It's not morning (Score:2)
It's evening. When will people (Americans?) finally grok that internet is international, and that the country they live in is just one of many countries...
This is the first post I have liked in a long time (Score:2)
Facebook is down? That's OK (Score:2)
I'm sitting here humming, (Score:2)
Ode to joy, in glorious schadenfreude.
Terrible! (Score:2)
this means... (Score:3)
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Re:Heh. (Score:4, Informative)
Ubuntu is the easiest thing to install if it works first time, and the hardest if it doesn't. In that respect, it's much like Windows.
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Yo. Fucktard. I've been living in Unix land since the mid-eighties. Ubuntu fucked up, not me.
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And thanks to that experience I've not lost any data, only time. I've already recovered the OS, installed the extra packages I need, and am posting this from Debian. The last two pieces of software I need are downloading now, and the source code for my pet project is all in SourceForge repositories so I'll have it back in a development-worthy state by the end of the day.
Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Insightful)
Fortunately I don't use FaceBook, so I can still like whatever I want.
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Right. Old people that still think it is 1995 are the only ones still using Facebook.