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Pasorrijer
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Facebook-owned sites were down
Facebook is likely scrambling private jets as we speak to get the right people to the right places.
aero-glide2
on Oct 4, 2021
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Reminds me of that episode in Mr Robot
zolosa
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The cost of the downtime would be
gabaix
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Facebook 2021 revenue is around $100B. That’s $11M an hour. Since it’s peak hour for ad printing, one can assume double or triple this rate.
They are already looking at > $100M in ad loss, not counting reputation damage etc.
prox
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Think of all the influencers who can’t influence and FB addicts who can’t get their fix (+insta and whatsapp)
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