Facebook Engineer Apologizes For Blocking Image-Sharing Site Imgur, Explains What Happened

Accidents happen, including during the course of operating and maintaining a social network with more than 900 million monthly average users. So when image-sharing site Imgur was accidentally blocked from Facebook for a short time, it was refreshing to receive an actual explanation of what happened and an apology, rather than the typical press release-style rhetoric that often accompanies such situations.

Accidents happen, including during the course of operating and maintaining a social network with more than 900 million monthly average users. So when image-sharing site Imgur was accidentally blocked from Facebook for a short time, it was refreshing to receive an actual explanation of what happened and an apology, rather than the typical press release-style rhetoric that often accompanies such situations.

CNET reported that Matt Jones, a software engineer who works on Facebook’s site integrity team, did just that, turning to community site Reddit to

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