Like many people this morning, I tried to check Facebook.
Oh, crap, they're making me log in again, and they've changed the system. I hate it when they take a working system and try to make it "easier." Just click the profile picture of the account you want.
Forget it, I'll log in the regular way. Nope, that doesn't work.
[After trying other options] Okay, I'll play. Click the image. Put in password. Invalid password? Are you kidding me? [Double check password] No, that's the right one. Now what?
Forget it, I'll just use my phone. What? They're forcing me to log out? And still saying invalid password?
[Resort to Google] No new news.
[Ask my friends] Can you get into Facebook? Okay, they have the same problem.
[Try Google again] Looks like a global problem. Instagram and Messenger are also down.
[Check Twitter] Hmm, lots of people gloating.
So, is it Chinese/Russian/North Korean hackers who now have all our passwords and personal information?
My own theory is that the Meta folks decided to implement some login changes, threw the new code in without adequate testing, and screwed everything up. This is based on my all-too-real experience with the way software is written, tested, and implemented these days. (If that sounds like our recent experience with pharmaceuticals, well, yes, but that's a story for another time.)
I really don't want to give up Facebook. Like it or not, even though I have my very own blog, it's through cross-posts on Facebook that I keep in touch with a number of friends. But maybe I could get used to it, like getting accustomed to having just one car after 40 years with two. Maybe it could be fun for a while, as when power outages force you to read a book instead of watch TV.
