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		Cheer2171 on March 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta outage The problem is that people use FB login for other sites, and if FB login is down, many users report a problem with that other site, not with FB.

schrodinger on March 5, 2024 [–]

The point is that the “other site” _is_ down for those who use Facebook to login to it.

Maybe they should have a backup password (if they site allows it, f-ing Spotify doesn’t), but it’s still effectively down for them!

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