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> If there is ever a WhatsApp outage, Metro workers have parallel Facebook chats to maintain communication. I hope the different chat services run by Meta don'

> If there is ever a WhatsApp outage, Metro workers have parallel Facebook chats to maintain communication. I hope the different chat services run by Meta don't share any critical infrastructure.

fragmede 4y ago
October 4th, 2021 proved that they at least used to. If the SREs did their jobs, that may no longer be true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Facebook_outage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Facebook_outage
bigiain 4y ago
Yeah. Maybe they should choose a different more reliable company like Twitter? https://localtoday.news/wa/twitter-bans-the-metrobusinfo-account-used-by-the-dc-area-subway-system-158944.html https://localtoday.news/wa/twitter-bans-the-metrobusinfo-acc...
- Shared404 4y ago
  Twitter and Facebook aren't the only two options, and I don't think GP was suggesting Twitter was the right one.
- gowld 4y ago
  It is against Twitter policy to publish the movements of transportation vehicles.
el-salvador 4y ago
Not sure about now, but a BGP error affected all Meta services one or two years ago.