# So apparently Facebook is down? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098 "2008-12-20T18:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/1 "2008-12-20T18:50:57Z")
Huh. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/2 "2008-12-20T18:55:12Z")
Nope, works fine for me. There are any number of reasons why it might not work for you, or your geographical area, for periods of time and not affect others using the service. ---
**Author:** ![Moglet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Moglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moglet)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/3 "2008-12-20T18:58:03Z")
I’m not having any problems with it. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/4 "2008-12-20T19:03:22Z")
[Neat website that answers your question.](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/) ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/5 "2008-12-20T19:33:50Z")
Hmph. If I go through IE it says “Sorry, an error has occurred. We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.” But I can get to it through Firefox no problem. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/6 "2008-12-21T03:18:04Z")
I got logged out the other day and when I went to log in I got that message (in Firefox). I just logged right in again and it worked fine. Find a different page to log in at, like the front page, instead of the page you get to when you’ve been logged out (if that makes any sense). ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/7 "2008-12-21T05:47:39Z")
Facebook hasn’t worked at all for me today, and some other friends of mine that I saw today said it was down for them too. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/8 "2008-12-21T12:47:42Z")
It’s the next day now and I can get there from Firefox no prob, but not IE. And I tried to back door it by going to my history and going directly to a FB page that is not the login screen. WTF? This also illustrates how over-dependant I have become on FB. ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/9 "2008-12-21T13:23:16Z")
I just joined Facebook last night and I can’t get login at all this morning no matter what browser I try. I get the Account Unavailable message below. Account Unavailable Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours. We apologize for the inconvenience. I hope this is not normal. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/10 "2008-12-21T13:29:30Z")
I’ve logged in several times since this thread was started and have yet to have a problem. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-facebook-is-down/478098/11 "2008-12-21T13:38:39Z")
It’s working fine for me. Hope you can get back on soon.