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If you thought the Internet freaked out for a little bit and every site you went to was down, you’re not alone. Major websites were down: CNN, Huffington Post, ESPN, Gawker, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, etc. were all broken. Why? Because of a glitch with Facebook.
Developers at Gawker said that the glitch started with Facebook Connect, basically anywhere a ‘Like’ button was loaded the website was borked. The bug would redirect any site to Facebook and bring up an error page. Logging out of Facebook was the only way to solve the problem (since Facebook’s Like button is everywhere). Luckily, Facebook caught wind of the problem and has fixed the issue.
A little bit scary to think that one measly Like button can destroy the entire Internet, isn’t it?
Another reason why I use plugins like Ghostery and adblock to stop all that nonsense.
I never noticed that anything had gone wrong.
I have anything related to facebook blocked when I’m not on facebook, so I never see a “like” button anywhere.
I didn’t notice anything. Did this only affect people who’s internet cache was signed into FB?
Another reason I don’t use, and despise FB has been added to the list.
“The Internet” =/= websites
What is ominous is the insidious way Facebook permeates the web with that ridiculous “Like” infecting so many websites. I’m really looking forward to the day the blue thumb of “Ooh look what I read” disappears.
“I’m really looking forward to the day the blue thumb of “Ooh look what I read” disappears.”
Then drop a line to the administrators of the sites you visit. Facebook doesn’t put those buttons there, the web designers do.