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Facebook accidentally declares two million live users dead, including founder Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook accidently declared live users dead, acknowledging after fixing the problem that it had committed a terrible error.
Facebook accidently declared live users dead, acknowledging after fixing the problem that it had committed a "terrible error."
"For a brief period, a message meant for memorialised profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts," a Facebook spokesperson told AFP.
"This was a terrible error that we have now fixed." Media reports indicated that some two million errant memorials were posted on profile pages. The social network yesterday apologized and said it work as quickly as possible to correct the problem.
But before that happened, some "memorialised" Facebook users had this to say on Twitter:
Following a difficult #election season, Facebook has killed all of us. pic.twitter.com/jEkXsVgFWP
— Lisa Barone (@LisaBarone) November 11, 2016
My friend is having the worst day.
— Karen B (@karenb0716) November 11, 2016
She just found out from Facebook that she's...well... dead....
(FYI: she's not dead) pic.twitter.com/Hz3oGobTSB
apparently myself + everyone on #facebook is dead. was tuesday really the end of the world?? pic.twitter.com/00sl1QyAUA
— hilary ♡ (@philahila) November 11, 2016
Search Engine Land editor Danny Sullivan said in a message fired off at Twitter said:
Damn. I should have used Facebook Live to show how I was Facebook Dead.
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) November 11, 2016
Facebook Live feature lets people broadcast video in real-time at the leading social network.
Even very-much-alive Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was memorialised in a message at his profile page expressing hope people who loved him would take comfort in posts people shared in tribute to his life.
Zuck dead pic.twitter.com/J8y5LbfQBz
— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) November 11, 2016
The mistaken memorial notices contained links to forms that can be submitted to have people's accounts at the leading social network modified into online memorials after they die.
Part of the process is showing proof of death.
