Facebook & Instagram are down?

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

Hi folks! I just heard Facebook and Instagram are down. Any news about this?

Edit:

Been doing a bit research and apparently FB went down a few hours agor after this interview went live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lx5VmAdZSI

Apparently, the FB algorithm is actively inciting hate in order to increase engagement on their platform and therefore earn more money.

[carlianne]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz also what's app, Facebook messenger and Oculus. Basically all of their products have been down for about 6 hours. Something about their DNS not working or something technical blah blah blah.

My brother works for Facebook and he's told me before that they use an internal messaging system so I'm sure that's also down and everyone is working remotely so I'm sure it's total chaos over there right now

[lpetiti]

It's been nuts today. It taught me two things: that I probably need to detox because I kept compulsively checking to see if it was back and when I actually have art that I want to post I can't...hahaha

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@carlianne from what I’ve gathered so far, it seems like Facebook did this on purpose after the whistleblower revealed information about FB algorithm, about how it promotes hate coz inciting anger is the best way to keep users on their platform, and allows them to earn more money.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@lpetiti ikr! I am anxious with how this will impact artists.

[lpetiti]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz if they did it totally backfired on them and it's kinda funny.

[lpetiti]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I realize I was replying to your first post...definitely not funny if it impacts artists though!

@Nyrryl-Cadiz said in Facebook & Instagram are down?:

@carlianne from what I’ve gathered so far, it seems like Facebook did this on purpose after the whistleblower revealed information about FB algorithm, about how it promotes hate coz inciting anger is the best way to keep users on their platform, and allows them to earn more money.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@lpetiti i totally agree. If proven to be true, this is very damning for their company. All that hate, anger, and misinformation they’ve amplified has negatively impacted the world

[lpetiti]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz the only thing I would miss is all of the photos I've got on both FB and IG...everything else is savagable. It looks like things are going back online though. Time for the aftermath...

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@lpetiti if FB goes down for good (which I think is unlikely), I wonder which app will take over.

[carlianne]

It's back up

[lpetiti]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I do too! Please dear god not Tic Tock…I’m a high school teacher and that app is horrible

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@lpetiti lolz