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Facebook status: down

Today, Facebook — and all the apps it owns, such as Instagram and WhatsApp — went down due to what preliminary reports are saying is a server issue.
 
On the day Facebook stood still, what did you do? Were you 1000% more productive? Was this the kick you needed to beat your social media addiction? Is this prompt the first time you've heard of all this because you live in the real world?
 
Email us at baltimore@technical.ly and tell us how the outage affects you.

 

—Technical.ly reporter Donte Kirby (donte@technical.ly)

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