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I know everyone on HN loves to hate on Facebook, but the fact that HN's servers are getting crushed when FB is down perhaps shows a revealed preference.

jjulius 5y ago
Or it could be as simple as everyone wants to discuss one of the biggest tech companies suffering such a massive outage, combined with the aforementioned FB-haters basking in this moment.
- Alex3917 5y ago
  As the CEO of a social network with more active users than Facebook, I am very confident in my analysis.
  - tomrod 5y ago
    LOL. I haven't come across you before today (so, not sure if this is a joke), but for the past few hours every social network has more active users than Facebook.
    - glitchcrab 5y ago
      > for the past few hours every social network has more active users than Facebook That's literally the joke.
  - KoftaBob 5y ago
    I see what you did there
- BrianOnHN 5y ago
  Following Twitter, HN is top 2 places to check during an outage.
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wyldfire 5y ago
I was afraid that it meant HN depended on Facebook infrastructure somehow. If the explanation is "Facebook is more popular and people flock to HN when it's down" -- that is a relief. I don't think that is the best explanation, though. But maybe it's a failure with wider scope than just Facebook's DNS. Or an attack that targeted both FB and HN (and others)? Wild speculation at this point.
- zeven7 5y ago
  I'm not a Facebook user, and I'm a casual HN user. I heard Facebook was down, so I checked HN. I bet that's the source of the problem. If you know about HN and you hear Facebook's down, you check HN to see what people are saying.
jkbyc 5y ago
It could be more than that. Vodafone broadband Internet (used to be UPC) is down in all of Czech Republic since about an hour. Their website is down (vodafone.cz), their mobile Internet seems slow. Coincidence?
- jurajmlich 5y ago
  If you change your DNS servers, it works! Their DNS servers probably crashed due to FB's DNS not resolving! (https://twitter.com/BlazejKrajnak https://twitter.com/BlazejKrajnak)
  - IlliOnato 5y ago
    I tried changing DNS server, including 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1, nothing doing. I looked up Facebook IP address and tried to go there directly, bypassing the DNS. No response. (I don't care about Facebook much, it was a test. WhatsApp though I have to use to communicate with relatives.)
jaywalk 5y ago
I don't use Facebook, but I'm very curious about why it's down. I'm sure I'm not alone in my curiosity about one of the biggest tech companies in the world.
paulpauper 5y ago
Not really. I noticed a lot of greyed-out comments cheering on Facebook being down
- 0x4d464d48 5y ago
  I think it's mix of signalling respect for the people impacted by this, the people who work there and are just trying to be decent and of course the fan boys. The first place my mind went to after I read this was "dumb fucks" (Google this with Zuckerberg for context) but as good as the schadenfreude feels it doesn't change the very real and negative impacts from all of this.
0x4d464d48 5y ago
I'm more of a 'shit on Facebook' man myself but I'm not above hate. I find it hard to find fault with people expressing disgust with how knowingly predatory and exploitative the company's leadership have proven themselves to be. Exhibit A: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58678332 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58678332
sakopov 5y ago
Are you suggesting that HN being under a greater load has something to do with people hopping on HN instead of Facebook as they'd normally do? That seems like a reach.

jjulius 5y ago

Or it could be as simple as everyone wants to discuss one of the biggest tech companies suffering such a massive outage, combined with the aforementioned FB-haters basking in this moment.

Alex3917 5y ago
As the CEO of a social network with more active users than Facebook, I am very confident in my analysis.
- tomrod 5y ago
  LOL. I haven't come across you before today (so, not sure if this is a joke), but for the past few hours every social network has more active users than Facebook.
  - glitchcrab 5y ago
    > for the past few hours every social network has more active users than Facebook That's literally the joke.
- KoftaBob 5y ago
  I see what you did there
BrianOnHN 5y ago
Following Twitter, HN is top 2 places to check during an outage.

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wyldfire 5y ago

I was afraid that it meant HN depended on Facebook infrastructure somehow. If the explanation is "Facebook is more popular and people flock to HN when it's down" -- that is a relief. I don't think that is the best explanation, though. But maybe it's a failure with wider scope than just Facebook's DNS. Or an attack that targeted both FB and HN (and others)? Wild speculation at this point.

zeven7 5y ago
I'm not a Facebook user, and I'm a casual HN user. I heard Facebook was down, so I checked HN. I bet that's the source of the problem. If you know about HN and you hear Facebook's down, you check HN to see what people are saying.

jkbyc 5y ago

It could be more than that. Vodafone broadband Internet (used to be UPC) is down in all of Czech Republic since about an hour. Their website is down (vodafone.cz), their mobile Internet seems slow. Coincidence?

jurajmlich 5y ago
If you change your DNS servers, it works! Their DNS servers probably crashed due to FB's DNS not resolving! (https://twitter.com/BlazejKrajnak https://twitter.com/BlazejKrajnak)
- IlliOnato 5y ago
  I tried changing DNS server, including 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1, nothing doing. I looked up Facebook IP address and tried to go there directly, bypassing the DNS. No response. (I don't care about Facebook much, it was a test. WhatsApp though I have to use to communicate with relatives.)

jaywalk 5y ago

I don't use Facebook, but I'm very curious about why it's down. I'm sure I'm not alone in my curiosity about one of the biggest tech companies in the world.

paulpauper 5y ago

Not really. I noticed a lot of greyed-out comments cheering on Facebook being down

0x4d464d48 5y ago
I think it's mix of signalling respect for the people impacted by this, the people who work there and are just trying to be decent and of course the fan boys. The first place my mind went to after I read this was "dumb fucks" (Google this with Zuckerberg for context) but as good as the schadenfreude feels it doesn't change the very real and negative impacts from all of this.

0x4d464d48 5y ago

I'm more of a 'shit on Facebook' man myself but I'm not above hate. I find it hard to find fault with people expressing disgust with how knowingly predatory and exploitative the company's leadership have proven themselves to be. Exhibit A: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58678332 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58678332

sakopov 5y ago

Are you suggesting that HN being under a greater load has something to do with people hopping on HN instead of Facebook as they'd normally do? That seems like a reach.