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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26506 Australia	Facebook is Down Mar 14^th, 2019 at 8:56am https://outage.report/facebook According to that map russia isnt down. they have reported that it wasnt a DDOS attack but I read somewhere it could be a BGP attack. Spot
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Reply #2 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 9:38am

Well it seems its big news being down all over the world. How much money are they losing per minute? Also how much information are whoever is doing it getting from this?

this from an outage for about 20 minutes:

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It looks like the outage lasted from from about 12:08 p.m. to 12:27 p.m.. So for the 19 minutes no one could use it, Facebook just lost roughly $426,607.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/lets-calculate-how-much-m...

$35,164,835 per day
$1,465,201 per hour
$24,420 per minute

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 137078 Gender:	Re: Facebook is Down Reply #3 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:19am This won't bother me and cods - we're the only two people in the world who don't use it Gmail was down all over the world yesterday. Looks like the cyber terrorists are practicing for a major attack. I've predicted this for years. Stay tuned.
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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: Facebook is Down Reply #4 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 137078 Gender:	Re: Facebook is Down Reply #5 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:30am AiA wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am: The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that. I agree. What's IG?
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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21563 ACT Gender:	Re: Facebook is Down Reply #6 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:38am greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:30am: AiA wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am: The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that. I agree. What's IG? Instagram ??
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Reply #7 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:43am

AiA wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am:

The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that.

Depends how you use them.
My wife and I have loads of family and close friends all over the world and it's nice to be able to stay in touch.

Twitter is great for schools and sporting clubs for announcements for weather cancellations and changes.

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Reply #8 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:45am

Redmond Neck wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:38am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:30am:

AiA wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am:

The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that.

I agree.

What's IG?

Instagram ??

Oh.

I don't think I've seen that.

Is it the one where vacuous young females take selfies all day and send them to each other?

I Googled it:

"Instagram is a photo-sharing app. Those are a-dime-a-thousand, but Instagram was the first, best one. It's known for its square image format, its virtual lack of a website and, of course, those nostalgic filters. Instagram is for taking pictures, yes."

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Reply #9 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:46am

Redmond Neck wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:38am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:30am:

AiA wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am:

The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that.

I agree.

What's IG?

Instagram ??

instagram .

one of the new business platforms for the savvy entrepreneur

kylie jenner has monetised her IG following to the tune of a billion dollars.

Jenner's net worth is estimated at US$1 billion, making her, at age 21, the world's youngest self-made billionaire as of March 2019.

lucky she isnt using gweggie as her "life coach" Cheesy

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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20027 Canberra Gender:	Re: Facebook is Down Reply #10 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:47am attack? Funny, when I tried to log in this morning I got a message saying it was scheduled maintenance.
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Reply #11 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:47am

Gordon wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:43am:

AiA wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am:

The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that.

Depends how you use them.
My wife and I have loads of family and close friends all over the world and it's nice to be able to stay in touch.

Twitter is great for schools and sporting clubs for announcements for weather cancellations and changes.

I use FB the same way but the WORLD would be better off without it, not necessarily me or you. I can't be bothered with Twitter. Instagram (IG) is visual and I enjoy posting and looking at photos there. That being said, I have a business that uses both FB and IG and it is a quite effective marketing tool.

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Reply #12 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:48am

Gordon wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:43am:

AiA wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am:

The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that.

Depends how you use them.
My wife and I have loads of family and close friends all over the world and it's nice to be able to stay in touch.

Twitter is great for schools and sporting clubs for announcements for weather cancellations and changes.

I have family and friends all over the world too.

My phone, email, and letterbox haven't let me down yet.

I spoke to a relative in Austria about 4 hours ago - picked up the phone, dialed her number, and there she was.

Magic!

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Reply #13 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:51am

polite_gandalf wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:47am:

attack? Funny, when I tried to log in this morning I got a message saying it was scheduled maintenance.

Yes, of course that's what they'll say.

They're hardly gonna say "Facebook is temporarily down due to a cyber attack which involves unknown persons, from unknown countries, downloading the personal information of millions of our users".

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Reply #14 - Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:51am

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:48am:

Gordon wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:43am:

AiA wrote on Mar 14^th, 2019 at 10:28am:

The world would be a better place if FB and Twitter vanished. IG is okay. Gmail? I'd like to keep that.

Depends how you use them.
My wife and I have loads of family and close friends all over the world and it's nice to be able to stay in touch.

Twitter is great for schools and sporting clubs for announcements for weather cancellations and changes.

I have family and friends all over the world too.

My phone, email, and letterbox haven't let me down yet.

I spoke to a relative in Austria about 4 hours ago - picked up the phone, dialed her number, and there she was.

Magic!

That is incredible, Gregg Grin

I have a 1950's rotary phone in my office just for show (but it could work as the insides have been refurbished) and kids are amazed by it - the literally don't know how it works.

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