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Offtopic - the end of the World? ;)
- Thread starter YoYo
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The only good reaction to those who think this is a disaster is limited to three words: "get a life"...
IT is my job and I'm not on any social network. BTW, the word social in that term is just plain wrong. There's nothing social about FB, twitter, instagram, LinkedIn or WhatsApp. It's commerce. And the damage that those networks/communities/apps incur to a lot of people is just plain destructive.
I'll get off me soapbox again... That thing is getting some serious mileage lately!
Priller
IT is my job and I'm not on any social network. BTW, the word social in that term is just plain wrong. There's nothing social about FB, twitter, instagram, LinkedIn or WhatsApp. It's commerce. And the damage that those networks/communities/apps incur to a lot of people is just plain destructive.
I'll get off me soapbox again... That thing is getting some serious mileage lately!
Priller
YoYo
SOH-CM-2023
The only good reaction to those who think this is a disaster is limited to three words: "get a life"...
IT is my job and I'm not on any social network. BTW, the word social in that term is just plain wrong. There's nothing social about FB, twitter, instagram, LinkedIn or WhatsApp. It's commerce. And the damage that those networks/communities/apps incur to a lot of people is just plain destructive.
I'll get off me soapbox again... That thing is getting some serious mileage lately!
Priller
Many celebrities from product placement have suddenly lost their jobs ;>but some people remembered that they have families and they can speak up
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Someone at FB made changes to their Border Gateway Protocols and essentially withdrew FB from the web. As of a few minutes ago, I couldn't find any DNS that knew their name.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989
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StormILM
Charter Member
Pick your poison (End of the World Songs). LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonLd-32ns4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyBtMPqpNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonLd-32ns4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyBtMPqpNY
YoYo
SOH-CM-2023
Possible and possible China, but of course it's a rumor only. Personally, I am not worried, but I would definitely be worried if it was the SOH Forum
!Both are known and nice! Thx.
1743 EDT 2143Z - I just logged in, but it's slow as molasses in winter. I'll give it a while. I'm betting about half of the world's population is trying to catch up right now...
0106Z - everything seems to be working, pretty much. There might be a few pic servers still offline. Search works.
gribouil
Charter Member
The only good reaction to those who think this is a disaster is limited to three words: "get a life"...
IT is my job and I'm not on any social network. BTW, the word social in that term is just plain wrong. There's nothing social about FB, twitter, instagram, LinkedIn or WhatsApp. It's commerce. And the damage that those networks/communities/apps incur to a lot of people is just plain destructive.
I'll get off me soapbox again... That thing is getting some serious mileage lately!
Priller
Very well sais Priller!!!
Nono, it was indeed changes to their Border Gateway Protocols which caused massive DNS problems. No account information was leaked. It was just human error.
Cheers,
Priller
I couldn't agree more. I am not a member of any of those either. My best social connections are ancient face to face and stay so.
I have never understood why people give their personal data to those international corporations for free!
YoYo
SOH-CM-2023
Right, what I saw was an over-interpretation of the author of the text, I think now.
hubbabubba
Charter Member
The only good reaction to those who think this is a disaster is limited to three words: "get a life"...
IT is my job and I'm not on any social network. BTW, the word social in that term is just plain wrong. There's nothing social about FB, twitter, instagram, LinkedIn or WhatsApp. It's commerce. And the damage that those networks/communities/apps incur to a lot of people is just plain destructive.
I'll get off me soapbox again... That thing is getting some serious mileage lately!
Priller
If they're still some space left on that soapbox, I'm in. Funny that people are paying fortunes for VPN, anti-cookies prog, proxy servers, and then turn around and spread on "social media" their most intimate information.
Geee...
K5083
SOH-CM-2024
I hesitate to wade into this, because clearly the information level about social media on this forum is comparable to if an Instagram fashion influencer tried to talk about the merits of the latest flight sim addon.
However, I will make the point that disparaging social media as a time-waster says more about you and your lifestyle than about the topic you think you are discussing. I am informed that WhatsApp, in particular, has become an essential communication tool for globally dispersed families, especially those that have members in developing countries without conventional telecommunication infrastructure. In the developed world, Facebook and Instagram are important advertising vehicles and customer feedback channels.
They were only down for a few hours, fortunately. But these are serious media with important uses, even if your own use of them is frivolous.
August
However, I will make the point that disparaging social media as a time-waster says more about you and your lifestyle than about the topic you think you are discussing. I am informed that WhatsApp, in particular, has become an essential communication tool for globally dispersed families, especially those that have members in developing countries without conventional telecommunication infrastructure. In the developed world, Facebook and Instagram are important advertising vehicles and customer feedback channels.
They were only down for a few hours, fortunately. But these are serious media with important uses, even if your own use of them is frivolous.
August