Facebook Connect Button Error

[Kias]

At first, I thought my computer was trippin' out. But no matter what url for nikonites I put in the browser, it always wound up at a facebook error page that looked like this;

Then I thought it was the nikonite website, cause it had nikonite.com in the VERY long facebook url. Then I had another thought...

I started going to other sites that have that Facebook Connect button. They're all doing it! This should make for some interesting news.

Once I logged out of facebook, everything works just fine. Facebook can't cyberstalk you when you're logged out.

Maybe it's just my account though. Who knows!

 

[Kias]

Yup, already hit the news!

Facebook Connect Bug: An error occurred. Please try again later.

 

[Kias]

Looks like they fixed it. They're fast when they don't want you to know they're tracking your every move around the web!

 

[snaphappy]

Oh totally thought it was my computer

 

[Kias]

HAHA! So did I, because I was in facebook, typed in nikonites, and wound up back at facebook!

 

[jdeg]

Oh good, glad I didn't break it

 

[Kias]

Facebook's official comment on the problem;

“For a short period of time, there was a bug that redirected people logging in with Facebook from third party sites to Facebook.com. The issue was quickly resolved, and Login with Facebook is now working as usual.”

Of course they're keeping quiet on what exactly went wrong...

 

[Kias]

Some of the headlines are classic!

The Atlantic Wire: Facebook Broke the Internet
Gawker: Did Facebook Just Break Half the Internet?
Business Insider: A Massive Facebook Glitch Took Down Several Major Websites
The Verge: Facebook Connect bug sends the internet to useless error page
Buzzfeed: Facebook Glitch Takes Down Countless Major Websites
El Siglo De Torreón: Error de Facebook genera caos en portales
Gizmodo UK: A Facebook Bug Pretty Mucht Took Down the Entire Internet