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Image: Facebook hits a teeny-tiny outage, but Twitterers still freak out

by Caroline McCarthy

Social network Facebook experienced what appears to have been a very brief server outage on Tuesday morning--15 minutes, tops--but looking at Twitter keyword search site Summize, you'd think it were cause for mass panic:

(Credit: Summize)
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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by mrbroncosfan June 17, 2008 9:34 AM PDT
What a bunch of losers. Go get a life. 15 minutes, that's all? Heck, maybe if people are that nuts over it they should shut it down for a week just to let those people know that if Facebook goes down, life somehow will go on.
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by skurewu June 17, 2008 10:10 AM PDT
15 minutes is an eternity to companies that have a huge public face like Facebook. What's amazing is that some web pages are used for connectivity tests since they are so reliable (ever goto Google or Yahoo to verify your Internet is working properly?) I guess we can take Facebook off that list...
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by skurewu June 17, 2008 10:10 AM PDT
15 minutes is an eternity to companies that have a huge public face like Facebook. What's amazing is that some web pages are used for connectivity tests since they are so reliable (ever goto Google or Yahoo to verify your Internet is working properly?) I guess we can take Facebook off that list...
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by Finden_Lake June 17, 2008 2:10 PM PDT
Not sure if it's a worldwide problem but Facebook has been up and down for the last 30 minutes at least in the UK. Same problem as yesterday, it's not completely down but it's completely unusable.

I wouldn't mind but I've got some very important pokes to send.
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