A widespread disruption to internet services, attributed to a single large file upload error by the content delivery network, is the primary driver of this trend. Users are reacting with a mix of frustration over the inaccessibility of major platforms like X and ChatGPT, and dark humor about the unexpected internet downtime. The human angle lies in the collective vulnerability of the modern internet, where a single point of failure can impact millions of users and disrupt daily life, from personal communications to essential services.
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Happy Cloudflare Outage-mas! It’s one of our favorite holidays over here on Bluesky.
On this day, we should remind you that almost 20% of the internet uses Cloudflare, despite years of reporting covering their platforming of white supremacists.
Maybe it shouldn’t have such a large market share?
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How One Major Internet Company Helps Serve Up Hate on the Web
Cloudflare, a prominent San Francisco outfit, provides services to neo-Nazi sites like The Daily Stormer, including giving them personal information on people who complain about their content.
cloudflare says today's outage was due to just one oversized file
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.axios.com
Cloudflare traces hours-long outage to one single file
ChatGPT, X, Spotify and several other major online services were dark on Tuesday due to the outage
Did the #Cloudflare outage impact our app?
status.petals.team
So you could continue your team health conversations whilst the rest of the internet was on fire.
media.tenor.com
a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine
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