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https://downdetector.com/ seems to be working for me at least.

It's amusing that the top 3 trending reports are the FB sites that are down, and then the mobile carriers themselves, presumably because when FB doesn't load they assume it's their mobile network's fault. People really do think FB is the internet

> People really do think FB is the internet

It's the AOL of 2021

But at one point AOL was the actual internet for it's subscribers.

Facebook tried to do that too.

Tried and failed?

Tried and died.

> People really do think FB is the internet

It is a really large part of it. Also, when people see WhatsApp and see no connection, then open Facebook and see no connection either, it's _very_ likely that the link is at fault and not Facebook.

'Unusual traffic patterns detected' now

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