Facebook is suffering its worst service outage since 2008 today, with Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp being down for more than four hours so far. What do you think is the root cause of the issue?

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Director in Manufacturing4 years ago

Very likely a technical mistake made with good intentions. However if that is the case the timing was poor unless on a global view that change was made at the lowest typical use time

Just glad I didn’t approve that Change Control Ticket!!

Fractional CIO in Services (non-Government)4 years ago

I'm going quite broad and saying human error. Someone, somewhere, has made a change that wasn't fully tested.

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no title4 years ago

I would agree with you, if not for the timing. There are no coincidences.

no title4 years ago

By timing, are you referring to how quickly it comes after the Frances Haugen interview?

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