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Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« on: August 01, 2014, 06:56:38 PM »
Not being connected to social media, I did not become aware of this collapse of civilization as we know it that lasted from around noon till 2 PM.

Thankfully, the evening news brought me up to date, including recordings of 911 operators telling callers that it was not a legitimate use of the emergency system.

So - how many of you were traumatized?

stay safe.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2014, 07:32:31 PM »
I saw it was down.  I took a nap.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2014, 07:33:26 PM »
I was out working on the yard most of the day - wasn't even aware of the facebookalypse.....
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2014, 07:36:33 PM »
Oh no!  Just as I was about to go on it for the first time in two years and remove all the spurious friend requests from insurors, pizza delivery services, liquor stores...
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2014, 07:44:26 PM »
Quote from: AmbulanceDriver on August 01, 2014, 07:33:26 PM
I was out working on the yard most of the day - wasn't even aware of the facebookalypse.....

So, are we saying that the face hit the fan, or that the S hit the face?   ???
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2014, 07:48:43 PM »
One of the better responses that I saw:

"Mass panic among 35-45 year-olds when they find they cannot report what they had for dinner."
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2014, 07:59:02 PM »
Quote from: Ben on August 01, 2014, 07:48:43 PM
One of the better responses that I saw:

"Mass panic among 35-45 year-olds when they find they cannot report what they had for dinner."

I thought that's what Twitter was for.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2014, 08:03:19 PM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on August 01, 2014, 07:59:02 PM
I thought that's what Twitter was for.


Maybe people put that stuff on Instagram too. It was supposed to be down as well. The horror.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2014, 08:42:56 PM »
totally missed it.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2014, 09:51:52 PM »
Did anyone die?
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2014, 10:57:30 PM »
Quote from: brimic on August 01, 2014, 09:51:52 PM
Did anyone die?

We don't know - nobody was able to update their status.

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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2014, 11:03:28 PM »
I heard about it on the news on my way home from sailing.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2014, 12:08:45 AM »
This is the first I'm hearing of it.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2014, 12:24:51 AM »
Never went down for me.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2014, 12:41:32 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on August 02, 2014, 12:24:51 AM
Never went down for me.

That's what she said!
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2014, 07:37:15 AM »
Quote from: Nick1911 on August 02, 2014, 12:08:45 AM
This is the first I'm hearing of it.

Are you doubting the 6 o'clock news?  Especially the NBC affiliate 6 o'clock news?

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If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege.

Hey you kids!! Get off my lawn!!!

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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2014, 07:38:06 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on August 02, 2014, 12:24:51 AM
Never went down for me.

Well, now we know what you do instead of having a life.

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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2014, 08:00:32 AM »
Mountainbike trip up at Kettle Moraine South,Wi so I was camping Wed-Fri with no electronics.

It is always nice to escape the virtual world and the phony constructs of society for a couple days. I've come to believe that occasional unplugging from our electronic mass media in all forms is necessary to mental health  :P

 
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2014, 10:17:39 AM »
Facebook down, US productivity rises, stock market rallies, 0bama claims credit.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2014, 10:23:29 AM »
What is this ... "Face book" ... of which you speak? Iz book? Book of faces? Why a book of faces? I are not knowing this concept. 'Splain me, pleeze.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2014, 11:04:04 AM »
I hoped he was joking about folk calling the fuzz. But it's real. :facepalm:


http://www.wfsb.com/story/26174225/police-do-not-call-us-if-facebook-is-down
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2014, 11:22:35 AM »
I don't know that any friends of relatives of mine would call 911, but there's a couple who just live on there.  My obnoxious SIL, who's about 300 pounds and always having health problems and surgery, posts all day long. Her posts are recipes, articles about food, and the latest information on her latest illness or surgery. I often wonder why she can't make the connection between her obsession with food and her health problems.

A niece of mine posts all day long about absolutely nothing. She got married recently, and posted all day long while they were on their honeymoon. I was doing something all day (and all night) long on my honeymoon, but it wasn't posting on Facebook.
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2014, 12:32:51 PM »
Yeah, I didn't even notice.

I check 2-3 times in a 24 hour period, TOPS.

Sometimes it sits for days.

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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2014, 05:02:09 PM »
What is Facebook?  Is that where you put the book you're reading over your face to block out the light for a nap?
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Re: Facebook went down? Scores calling 911?
« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2014, 08:22:59 PM »
I uninstalled the FB app from my smartphone, so I check it maybe 2 times a day. That's if I remember.
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