OMG!! Life ended as we know it this morning.
All that is hailed as sacred was not available…
FACEBOOK WENT DOWN!!
Like OMG what do I do now?
As I write this, I fear I may not be able to go on as my beloved and trusted friend of 5 years has let me down. Stability in our trusted social platform where we go to find out, share, like, comment, post and LIVE has been shattered.
Seriously, this does bring up an issue worth looking at. Do you put all your eggs into one basket? Is Facebook your blog, your photo album, your way of staying connected? Is it how you inform your community what is going on, what they need to be aware of? Is Facebook, or any other platform for that matter considered your “new” way of doing business.
If you answered YES to anyone of those questions, you have a serious problem. As evidenced by Twitter going down for a couple of hours last week, or RIM for a few days or Facebook today, you should have the understanding that your information flow is never stable unless you:
- Have multiple streams of information flow.
- Continue to use traditional methods to communicate
- Have real relationships with people, not keyboards
- You are prepared for this type of thing.
The loss of any one platform is and never should be a big deal. This is also an indicator of the importance of not using just one platform. But, even if you are using multiple platforms are you ready for serious technology fails? Remember the blackout a few years back? Outside of generators or solar power, are you prepared for a complete loss of power which will result in a loss of communication in the digital age?
Are you ready for the next fail? Does your communication strategy have a contingency for one of your ways of communicating not being available? Have you planned for failures or are you failing to plan?
BTW…10 minutes to get this post out and it’s STILL DOWN!!!!! Arghhhhhh what ever do I do now?
Never mind, just checked again…it’s back. Phew!
