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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 dow
by 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 agoI'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.