Apparently, it was a misconfigured file which screwed up name servers for many or all of the facebook urls. A nameserver converts, e.g. the “user friendly url google.com” to the “actual address” 142.250.72.46. It’s a humongous database. Name servers talk to each other and since Facebook’s name server is authoritative for FB URLs, the misconfiguration was propagated to pretty much the whole world. Once they figured it out, they had to send it out to, eventually, all those servers. It took a few hours to find and fix and several more to propagate the fix.
Just remember that a lot of people, some in rural areas, some housebound, some elderly, some with physical limitations or anxiety disorders, depend on FB for contact, support, and yes, their social life, especially in this pandemic. It’s not just people missing out on cat videos.
I wonder whether Jeff D knows that GoComics’s My Comics menu bar very often displays his strip as a repeat (grayed-out). Very annoying. I imagine many potential viewers are missing out.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
Apparently, it was a misconfigured file which screwed up name servers for many or all of the facebook urls. A nameserver converts, e.g. the “user friendly url google.com” to the “actual address” 142.250.72.46. It’s a humongous database. Name servers talk to each other and since Facebook’s name server is authoritative for FB URLs, the misconfiguration was propagated to pretty much the whole world. Once they figured it out, they had to send it out to, eventually, all those servers. It took a few hours to find and fix and several more to propagate the fix.
TaximanSteve over 2 years ago
Should put a spiteful Lily Tomlin in there somewhere. One Ringy Dingy…
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 2 years ago
I’m glad I don’t bother with FB.
katzenbooks45 over 2 years ago
Just remember that a lot of people, some in rural areas, some housebound, some elderly, some with physical limitations or anxiety disorders, depend on FB for contact, support, and yes, their social life, especially in this pandemic. It’s not just people missing out on cat videos.
moondome over 2 years ago
I wonder whether Jeff D knows that GoComics’s My Comics menu bar very often displays his strip as a repeat (grayed-out). Very annoying. I imagine many potential viewers are missing out.
JohnHarry Premium Member over 2 years ago
Hey Man – you’ve been holding too much in… get it out more often – it’s funny.
nyg16 over 2 years ago
great to have the crap machine of line for an afternoon