David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
Five Things to Do During a Facebook Outage
By Rick Broida, PCWorld
Dec 16, 2010
As I write this, Facebook is experiencing some kind of outage--apparently due to its rollout of new user pages. How long it will last is anybody's guess.
The irony is that my first instinct was to post a status update--on Facebook. Even as my brain was telling me I couldn't do that, my finger was clicking my FB bookmark.
That's how addicted many of us have become to the social network. With that in mind, I thought I'd offer this little list of ways to survive a Facebook outage.
By Rick Broida, PCWorld
Dec 16, 2010
As I write this, Facebook is experiencing some kind of outage--apparently due to its rollout of new user pages. How long it will last is anybody's guess.
The irony is that my first instinct was to post a status update--on Facebook. Even as my brain was telling me I couldn't do that, my finger was clicking my FB bookmark.
That's how addicted many of us have become to the social network. With that in mind, I thought I'd offer this little list of ways to survive a Facebook outage.
- Try Twitter instead. (Duh.)
- Need a chat fix? There's always instant messaging (remember that?).
- Still need a chat fix? Try the telephone (remember that?). I'll bet you haven't called your mom in ages.
- Break out the bleach wipes and give your mouse and keyboard a good wipedown. It's cold and flu season, after all.
- Read a book. Books are great. We spend so much time digesting tiny chunks of status-update text that we forget how wonderful it can be to curl up with...
