Facebook Down: Site and App Fail To Load Amid Major Crash

[MontanaMama]

Source: The Independent UK

Facebook has completely broken for its users around the world.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-down-not-working-down-up-site-app-internet-loading-broken-outage-a7995166.html

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Wonder if it is just a glitch in their system network or something bigger? I don't use FB personally, just to market our business. Guess I won't be doing that today and I'm kind of relieved! Mama might get to go home early!

[nocoincidences]

1. I was just there

and it is working fine in SE Virginia.

[karynnj]

2. It's up for me ... just 3 minutes later

[CherokeeDem]

3. Have it back as well....

Didn't last forever but some features are missing....

[groundloop]

4. yep, working here.

Darn, I was hoping I could go the day without reading what my daughter-in-law fed her dogs for breakfast.

[MontanaMama]

5. Sounds like some people have access

but by and large, folks don't. I find it nutzo that folks get so upset! It slows things down for me at work and I'm loving it!

https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-down-for-some-users-worldwide/

[steve2470]

6. change your DNS server if you're having trouble

I get it fine in FL.

[benld74]

7. Up in STL MO

[il_lilac]

8. Had to look

Mine is down here in Illinois. hmmm

[frazzled]

12. I'm in Illinois, and it's fine /nt

[frazzled]

15. I'm in Illinois and it's fine

I'm on my desktop, though, so I'm using the website. I have a Facebook app on my iPad that I can check (though I rarely use it). Are you using the app or the website? Maybe that's the differenced.

[MontanaMama]

9. It isn't everybody

but it is global. http://downdetector.com/status/facebook/map/ I've had two employees rush in my office to tell me they can't get on FB! Then they realize they are telling the person who writes their paychecks and they turn red. Ah, youth.

[Dave Starsky]

25. That is some chutzpah, right there.

Kind of reminds me of those folks who call the cops when their stash gets stolen.

[Thomas Hurt]

10. Trying to clean up the evidence or fix the f up with Russia ads and managed to crash it?

[AtheistCrusader]

19. Facebook has been forthcoming with data about Russian influence on the election.

Zuckerberg is many things, but a friend of the RNC he is not.

Yesterday was Patch Tuesday for MSFT services, and there were serious issues with Xbox Live, and even non-MSFT PLEX went down for a while last night.

It's that time of the month, and patching production always exposes problems. Some bigger than others.

[6000eliot]

29. Yeah, right. Completely transparent. Like Don Jr.

[AtheistCrusader]

30. Not what I claimed.

[jl_theprofessor]

11. Hopefully they get it fixed soon

I can access it but I'm more worried about my ads not having their normal reach with FB down in various places.

[Randomthought]

13. was having a "conversation"

with friends. It was weird they could see my post and reply but I couldn't I was getting the notifications but a broken link to the actual post. Maybe the Russians are retaliating for Facebook turning over info.

[Yonnie3]

14. Down about a half hour to hour for me on the laptop

Small loss.

It opened on my Android phone application, but I didn't browse, so it could have just been what was cached. I got a blank screen on the browsers that I tried.

Edit to add:
A Facebook reply I was making when it crashed is double posted and doesn't appear in my activity log.

Did I break it?

[mnhtnbb]

17. Yes. Totally blank screen for me, too.

[mnhtnbb]

16. It was down for me right about noon EDT, but now back up.

[MontanaMama]

18. Totally blank for us

in Missoula, Montana. We had a product release planned for today too.

[lamp_shade]

20. Mine is up now.

[PatSeg]

21. Here is a map with the outages

Very helpful.

http://downdetector.com/status/facebook/map/

[MontanaMama]

22. Dang it.

Ours just came back up too. Guess I'm staying at work! That aside...it seems strange to me, and I am not an IT professional, that FB goes down on a global scale and they have the personnel and resources to get it up and running pretty darned quickly...but they don't know that they are being used on a grand scale by Russia over a period of months to eff with Americans during our election. Makes me say hmmmmm.

[snooper2]

23. They should take it down for 72 hours and see how many idiots collectively

lose their shit LOL

[MontanaMama]

24. THAT

would kick ass.

[rockfordfile]

39. I agree people need to get a life.

[Alice11111]

26. Probably, Russian payback. Zuck turned over 3000 Russian

Ads to Congress

[MontanaMama]

27. That'd be an interesting

twist, wouldn't it? Our digital infrastructure is so very vulnerable. Russia could probably take us down in a heart beat. I wonder if they are not the culprit in the Equifax breach?

[Alice11111]

28. Could be. They could be selling our data or using it for bots

[MontanaMama]

31. Just the thought is chilling. n/t

[democratisphere]

32. fakebook is broken.

It was broken before it was broken.

[MontanaMama]

33. touche!

[left-of-center2012]

34. Just was on

Here in New Mexico
No problems

[we can do it]

35. Fuck zuckerberg and his shit.

[MontanaMama]

38. Yeah...

I find it hard to believe he didn't know Russia was climbing right up FB's ass. He took their money and ran. I don't believe it was the 100 grand or so they are reporting...

[Chakaconcarne]

36. Kill it for good.

Facebook sucks

[MontanaMama]

37. It does.

I won't use it personally, but for our business it is great free advertising. When I post something new about our product, we always see an increase in sales. Like chum in the water.