Twitter Stock Curiously Tanked as People Flock to the App while #InstagramFacebookDown

This Slogging thread by beni mahat, Linh, Ellen, Hang, Katarina, Richard, and David occurred in hackernoon's official #random channel, and has been edited for readability.

KatarinaOct 4, 2021, 7:14 PM

:savage-joy:

DavidOct 4, 2021, 7:18 PM

Down in Colorado

DavidOct 4, 2021, 7:20 PM

Google reports FB is down 5.56% so far today

DavidOct 4, 2021, 7:20 PM

Twitter is trolling

DavidOct 4, 2021, 7:21 PM

And somehow it's stock is down more than Facebooks...

DavidOct 4, 2021, 7:23 PM

Maybe large outages just create a lack of faith in all tech companies? like whatever the opposite of a rising tide lifts all boats is...

beni mahatOct 4, 2021, 7:25 PM

lol Facebook and Instagram down today! 😲

KatarinaOct 4, 2021, 7:28 PM

LinhOct 4, 2021, 7:29 PM

Naturally most people flock to Twitter when this happens haha

DavidOct 4, 2021, 7:31 PM

anyways, how does Zuck feel about going down? lets check the screenplay https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_social_network/quotes?

KatarinaOct 4, 2021, 7:32 PM

Rakuten is up tho (Viber is Rakuten's brand). Saw someone on Twitter mentioning they're already seeing their contacts massively signing up today

LinhOct 4, 2021, 7:37 PM

Lol

DavidOct 4, 2021, 7:39 PM

hmmm what headlines surround "tech stocks" today? https://www.google.com/search?q=tech+stocks&newwindow=1&sxsrf=AOaemvJeoickwZTfHcim4RquDDsRlWs1Lw:1633376261281&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixzNnewLHzAhVSqJ4KHd_VC5YQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1297&bih=710&dpr=2

KatarinaOct 4, 2021, 8:28 PM

Slightly different, but overall downward trend

KatarinaOct 4, 2021, 8:29 PM

Curiouser and curiouser: https://www.privacyaffairs.com/facebook-data-sold-on-hacker-forum/

KatarinaOct 4, 2021, 8:30 PM

Hmm though they claim it's unrelated 🤔 "Clarification: This is completely unrelated to the global Facebook outage experienced on 4 October 2021."

DavidOct 4, 2021, 8:43 PM

Statement from Facebook's PR firm:

Correlation is not Causation! http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

EllenOct 4, 2021, 8:46 PM

Had to call my service provider today, they legit have it programmed into their phone msgs and online chat, that it's not them, it's the companies.

KatarinaOct 4, 2021, 8:50 PM

Oh but this 😂

HangOct 4, 2021, 8:58 PM

DavidOct 4, 2021, 9:02 PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/26uog6/what_is_the_origin_of_the_saying_you_dont_have_to/

EllenOct 4, 2021, 9:06 PM

Wait, hold on, so what exactly is happening here? I is Fb under attack?

EllenOct 4, 2021, 9:08 PM

They're going to think we did it...

HangOct 4, 2021, 9:11 PM

Ellen If you are looking for a serious answer, facebook, ig, messager, whatsapp (basically the whole mark zucc empire) is under a “global outage” right after the accusation of “constantly prioritizing profits”. it happens once in a while. i guess some dev just tryna introduce new code and the code has bugs :savage-joy:

But on the less serious note, yes, we did that. or twitter did that so people come to use them more

EllenOct 4, 2021, 9:15 PM

Well, I'm starting to realize what the topic of the pod will be. "HackerNoon shuts down Zucc empire with one article"

DavidOct 4, 2021, 9:16 PM

HangOct 4, 2021, 9:16 PM

Ellen ok and if anything zuck sues us see you in court :savage-joy:

LinhOct 4, 2021, 9:17 PM

I’d say we’ve made it as a pod if we get even close to FB legals

EllenOct 4, 2021, 9:18 PM

^ was coming here to post something along those lines lmao

KatarinaOct 4, 2021, 9:21 PM

Now it all makes sense. Kanye is behind all of this, just to ride the viral wave 😂