{"id":267455,"date":"2016-11-12T07:11:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T07:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=267455"},"modified":"2016-11-12T07:11:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T07:11:40","slug":"facebook-bug-kills-users-in-terrible-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/facebook-bug-kills-users-in-terrible-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook bug ‘kills’ users in ‘terrible error’"},"content":{"rendered":"
An unusual bug on Facebook briefly labelled many people as dead.<\/p>\n
The error on Friday caused the social network to show a memorial banner on user profiles for people who were still alive.<\/p>\n
Users posted status updates to reassure friends and family they were not dead, despite Facebook’s message.<\/p>\n
“This was a terrible error that we have now fixed,” a Facebook spokesperson said. “We are very sorry that this happened.”<\/p>\n
The message, intended for “memorialised profiles”, erroneously appeared on the profile pages of a large number of users – including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n
“We hope people who love Mark will find comfort in the things other share to remember and celebrate his life,” the banner on his page read.<\/p>\n
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Both technology reporters and Facebook users, however, saw a humorous side to the story.<\/p>\n
“Why Is Facebook Saying I’m Dead?” asked the New York Times’ Katie Rogers. “At first, I was indignant. I was definitely not dead. (Was I? It had been a long week.)”<\/p>\n
“Facebook is capping one of the longest weeks in American history by telling everyone that they are dead,” quipped The Verge, a technology website, in reference to the presidential election.<\/p>\n
The memorial feature was introduced by Facebook in 2015 after a number of high-profile cases where family wanted to access the social accounts of deceased loved ones.<\/p>\n
User can opt to have their account turn into a memorial page upon their death, where Facebook contacts can leave message and share memories.<\/p>\n
An alternative option is to have your account deleted after your death.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An unusual bug on Facebook briefly labelled many people as dead. The error on Friday caused the social network to show a memorial banner on user profiles for people who were still alive. Users posted status updates to reassure friends and family they were not dead, despite Facebook’s message. “This was a terrible error that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":267456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[13527,3461,3020],"yoast_head":"\n