Facebook outage recap (2010-09-23)

Posted under A Geek Dad's Life, Blog Posts

September 23rd, 2010 is a day that shall live in infamy.  Facebook implemented a ‘fix’ in their software that tore the entire system down for 2 1/2 hours.  (Yeah, been there.) 

Besides being an excellent opportunity for journalists to highlight that people are way too addicted to social media, it was also a chance for me snark. 

As seen by my Twitter followers at @mrscottfletcher, here is a blow-by-blow rundown of the events that transpired between 2:15pm and 4:36pm Thursday September 23, 2010.

2:13pm

Derp. Facebook ‘server not found.’ I can hear cries through the din of humanity now.

2:17 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Global productivity returns to 95% pre-Facebook Levels. (5% of people still clicking Refresh.)

2:20 PM

BREAKING NEWS: FOX News reports that Facebook DNS failure caused by hidden clause in Healthcare Reform bill.

2:28 PM

BREAKING NEWS: FEMA estimates Farmville crop losses in the billions of nothing.

2:36 PM

BREAKING NEWS: FB investigates outage, says likely caused by new recursive "Like this if you Like Liking Things" Like button.

2:43 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Global Facebook Outage – French nationals nonplussed, Aborigines revert to backup system of clicks and pops.

2:52:30 PM

BREAKING NEWS: As Facebook outage continues, teenagers reconsider traditional bullying.

2:54:08 PM

BREAKING NEWS: 45 minutes into Facebook outage, 40 year-olds contemplate life devoid of pictures of high school girlfriends.

2:58:47 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Sarah Palin asks "Without Facebook, how will I know what I am thinking?"

3:12:21 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Facebook outage approaches one hour. Kip Drordy passes time gazing at sad clown poster.

3:23:42 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Facebook outage nears end, Hipsters form band and name it "Reference #97.cc18ae8c.1285273129.33810"

3:43:17 PM

BREAKING NEWS: World awaits Facebook fix, @stevemartintogo prefers you read an actual book with your kids. http://tiny.cc/gd9v9

4:30:09 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Facebook outage exceeds two hours, Noam Chomsky remains unaffected.

4:36:06 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Nation’s two-hour nightmare is over! Citizens return to Facebook, resume unsatisfying pursuit of validation.

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