A lot of you probably didn't notice, but Facebook Instagram and WhatsApp
went down yesterday because the dsn a and AAA records were attacked.
I
don't have a full understanding of what that means, but given that the
domains became available for purchase, I can make context clues based on
the information I already have with my short time as a self-proclaimed
internet historian.
I'm also the type of person that is more
interested in why this happened because what happened is a lot simpler
to explain. What's not going to be so simple to explain but the media is
going to try to explain anyway are the Pandora papers. The long records
of a former employee recording all of Facebook's wrongdoings. I was one
of the many watching the highlights of Facebook's hearing, but I wasn't
watching them in full like many others. If you weren't involved at all,
but you're getting involved now, you're about to learn a lot from the
summaries of the Pandora papers.
For those of you who aren't
trying to keep up with this because you know you can't keep up with all
this shit for whatever reason, the least to be understood is that
Facebook Inc and its products going down like that is on some v for
vendetta shit.
If you're considering moving yourself around on
your internet presence and deleting Facebook Instagram and WhatsApp here
are some suggestions:
Replacement for Facebook
Friendica
Meetup
Twitter
Google probably has something coming down the pipe that will hopefully have a better introduction than Google plus.
Replacement for Instagram
Snapchat
(contrary to popular belief, Facebook does not own snapchat. They made
an offer in 2011 and the offer was declined. Google also made an offer
and was also declined.)
Twitter
Mastondon
Replacement for WhatsApp
Telegram
Signal
WeChat
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