# Is Facebook down? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669 "2010-03-24T20:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/1 "2010-03-24T20:38:31Z")
Is Facebook down? I haven’t been able to access it for the last hour. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/2 "2010-03-24T20:40:18Z")
It’s up for me and for [http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/3 "2010-03-24T20:41:37Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > It’s up for me and for [http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com) Can’t access it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/4 "2010-03-24T20:42:27Z")
Bummer. Tried the usual (clearing cache, etc.)? ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/5 "2010-03-24T20:46:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Can’t access it. I briefly had problems earlier (I think it was “Connection reset”), but it eventually behaved itself once I beat the ---- out of the refresh button (the usual way I vent my frustration when sites don’t load; I know it doesn’t help but it makes me feel good :D). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/6 "2010-03-24T20:51:55Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Bummer. Tried the usual (clearing cache, etc.)? Yup. Even used CCleaner on full mode. I can access anything except Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/7 "2010-03-24T20:55:07Z")
At my office, when we blocked Facebook, everyone pounced on tech support because they were getting error messages like “Connection Reset”. It looked like a connection error, but it was just that we blocked access to a bunch of networking sites because our writers were goofing around too much. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/8 "2010-03-24T20:57:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yup. Even used CCleaner on full mode. I can access anything except Facebook. Oy. I know this is crazy, but I’ve seen crazier sh!t in my day: have you tried another browser (IE/FF/Chrome)? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/9 "2010-03-24T21:04:27Z")
It’s back up now. It could have been my local provider-I guess I’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/10 "2010-03-24T21:10:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It’s back up now. It could have been my local provider-I guess I’ll never know. It’s probably China launching attacks because Google won’t censor the search results. I’m only half joking. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/11 "2010-03-24T21:13:16Z")
Aaand…it’s gone again. “Can’t find server at [facebook.com](http://facebook.com)”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/12 "2010-03-24T21:15:21Z")
Just worked for me not even one minute ago. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/13 "2010-03-24T21:27:24Z")
Must be my provider. Now it can’t find Yahoo, either. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-down/533669/14 "2010-03-24T21:28:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Aaand…it’s gone again. “Can’t find server at [facebook.com](http://facebook.com)”. Try 69.63.187.19. It may be that your ISP has a DNS problem.