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Minor update: https://twitter.com/facebook/status/1105907126424109056?s=21

> We're focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack.

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There's something ironic about a social media company being forced to rely on a competitor to facilitate communication between them and their users.

Why? When Facebook is down, you cannot use Facebook to communicate about the issue. That is also reason why FB still uses* irc instead of messenger for coordinating how to resolve such issues.

* Or at least used 1 year ago, when I was working there.

Hmm, I wonder if we could leverage that to make irc more popular again. "FB uses X" is often all the justification small startups need for picking a tech.

most startups can use their standard comm channels since most startups are not doing collaboration/communication tools.

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