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I am also not surprised, though I'm not sure I would have guessed the increase in traffic to other sites would be this large (38%). It's always nice, though, t

I am also not surprised, though I'm not sure I would have guessed the increase in traffic to other sites would be this large (38%). It's always nice, though, to see data that confirms your intuition.

dylan604 5y ago
The non-tech public wouldn't know where to go to look, so the newsies seems logical.
- lugged 5y ago
  Its "why is Facebook down" questions and looking it up on newssites.
  - alex_young 5y ago
    Seems like a plausible idea. I can think of some others. Why is this one more likely?
  - Griffinsauce 5y ago
    That is an assumption. It could also just be looking for their content fix.
    - GuySake 5y ago
      Well ... maybe that's a small proof. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=facebook,facebook%20down https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=facebook,facebook...