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Facebook is down

Written by Matti Robinson @ 31 Aug 2010 9:32 User comments (27)

Facebook is down Apparently Facebook has hit the user limit and crashed. Or it might be some other issue but currently millions and millions of Farmville addicts are cursing as Facebook seems to be down in its entirety.
According to Downrightnow.com, Facebook has been offline for couple hours and the hundreds of millions of users around the world are missing their hourly dosage.

The downtime not only affects the site itself but a lot of its partners and sites that use Facebook to spread their word -- such as your beloved AfterDawn.com. There has been no confirmation from Facebook why the site is inaccessible but it definitely is no intended maintenance break. Hopefully, Facebook will be able to straighten out their problems soon.

For now, liking things is on hold.

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27 user comments

131.8.2010 10:09
dEwMe
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I am beyond proud to say it could stay down forever and wouldn't make me any difference...

231.8.2010 10:14
Ben79
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Originally posted by dEwMe:
 I am beyond proud to say it could stay down forever and wouldn't make me any difference...
I can second this.

331.8.2010 10:26
DVDBack23
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Working for me

431.8.2010 10:37
xyqo
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It's not down at all

531.8.2010 10:38
RottieGrl
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It's working fine here.

631.8.2010 11:22
rick930
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It was down for a while, as Matti pointed out it was down for a couple of hours. But I do want to point out that for more than a week now Facebook has had some major problems in various ways. And those problems seem to be carrying over into various games and other third-party connections in how they function with Facebook. It believe the problem is likely in the fact that they are reaching the limits of their bandwidth and server capabilities. But since Facebook tends to ignore inquiries and genuine assistance for user tech support, it is likely we'll never know.

731.8.2010 12:24
Tristan_2
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-_- Yet another reason I don't use Facebook,Sure you can't tell when Youtube go into Maint anymore and its Copyright system is BS, but Youtube hardly has any problems. Sure it when it does has glitches and probles,although it slow youtube fixes the problem, But Facebook. It takes Weeks to almost a month(or several) worth of political and public outcry against all its problems to fix anything.

831.8.2010 12:27
Mysttic
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I don't want facebook to die, the sheep have to flock somewhere

931.8.2010 14:22
Hyasuma
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Originally posted by dEwMe:
 I am beyond proud to say it could stay down forever and wouldn't make me any difference...
I'm third to this

1031.8.2010 15:10
ROMaster2
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To much regress it is up again. If only if it was not true, the world would be one step closer to having nice things.

1131.8.2010 15:39
juventini
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Originally posted by Ben79:
Originally posted by dEwMe:
 I am beyond proud to say it could stay down forever and wouldn't make me any difference...
I can second this.
Im with you :)

1231.8.2010 15:40
juventini
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Originally posted by Mysttic:
 I don't want facebook to die, the sheep have to flock somewhere
LMAO!

1331.8.2010 17:19
hikaricor
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Been working fine all day..
Must be a slow news week.

1431.8.2010 18:48
mike.m
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"NO! Now I can't update my status 24/7, stalk I mean "view" peoples photos and comments, and get my friends count to over 900, where 95% of these people I have never met or don't talk to"

Ha, Facebook can explode into a million piece for all I care, along with texting and Twitter.

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 31 Aug 2010 @ 6:50

1531.8.2010 19:14
Jemborg
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Originally posted by dEwMe:
 I am beyond proud to say it could stay down forever and wouldn't make me any difference...
Fourth.

Looks like they have egg on their facebook.

1631.8.2010 19:51
bam431
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Originally posted by dEwMe:
 I am beyond proud to say it could stay down forever and wouldn't make me any difference...

Tru Dat

1731.8.2010 23:47
KillerBug
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Originally posted by bam431:
Originally posted by dEwMe:
 I am beyond proud to say it could stay down forever and wouldn't make me any difference...

Tru Dat
Facebook serves a valuable function...keeping facebook users from coming here! Other than that, they can burn in hell...those bastards got verizon to stick a facebook app on my phone in a way that it could not be removed, but root fixed that!

181.9.2010 00:30
xboxdvl2
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well facebook has been running fine on my computer.was down for about 90 minutes about a week ago.I have relatives in england and facebook is the way i know what they are up to.Weird problem is after going to afterdawn i have to clear my cookies otherwise facebook won't open.

191.9.2010 09:19
Dardandec
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yipee, maybe they can go over too teachbook and learn something

201.9.2010 10:01
Jemborg
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Originally posted by Dardandec:
 yipee, maybe they can go over too teachbook and learn something
How is it that they are suing Teachbook for using the word book their name. What absolute A-holes! More copyright BS madness.

211.9.2010 15:01
cart0181
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Originally posted by Dardandec:
 yipee, maybe they can go over too teachbook and learn something
Good one! LOL.I'll be looking forward to more of your witty comments in the future.

222.9.2010 07:48
MonoSoft
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Originally posted by bam431:
Originally posted by dEwMe:
 I am beyond proud to say it could stay down forever and wouldn't make me any difference...

Tru Dat
Facebook serves a valuable function...keeping facebook users from coming here! Other than that, they can burn in hell...
Facebook users don't know about computers! If they did, the world would end.... lmao!

oh and.... Fifth. ^_^

232.9.2010 22:22
voyager
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I'm FaceBook user and hope they continue with the business.Thanks to FB i found dozens of old friends, lot of people that to me dissapear for over 25 years.We got a meeting of the 25 years of 1984 class thanks to FB.
I use FB just to find friends and keep contact with them and also with my family.

243.9.2010 09:49
vinzon
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Same here. I found high school friends...some lost friends and some people who I want to reconnect with (again).

254.9.2010 13:23
nyurbiz
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If you need facebook to find friends then you are a *bleep* retard.

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 08 Sep 2010 @ 3:18

264.9.2010 15:03
Aldiii
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Facebook serves a valuable function...keeping facebook users from coming here!
I so agree.

274.9.2010 16:55
hooter007
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Originally posted by nyurbiz:
 If you need facebook to find friends then you are a f...... r......
no need for comments like that!!

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