# The Faceboopocalypse has begun {Instagram and facebook seemed to have crashed 2024-03-05} **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489 "2024-03-05T15:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/1 "2024-03-05T15:36:30Z")
I just went to check something and I had been logged out. Logged back on and it told me Facebook was down for “required maintenance” and should be back within “several hours”. Apparently it is widespread and affects Instagram, too. I’m imagining the final scene from Asimov’s _Nightfall_. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/2 "2024-03-05T15:38:49Z")
Instagram is out too ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/3 "2024-03-05T15:39:45Z")
Instagram and facebook seemed to have crashed ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/4 "2024-03-05T15:46:46Z")
Yeah I thought I got hacked and I tried to reset my password. Only to find it’s a worldwide thing. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/5 "2024-03-05T15:47:19Z")
Some early articles on the outage. Both apps are owned and operated by Meta of course. > **[Facebook and Instagram down: Users hit by sudden outage as platforms go offline](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/facebook-instagram-messenger-down-not-working-latest-b2507376.html)** > > Facebook, Instagram and Messenger have gone down in what appears to be a huge outage at parent company Meta. > **[Facebook, Instagram down during outage; thousands affected](https://www.wfla.com/news/national/facebook-instagram-down-during-outage-thousands-affected/)** > > If you were just kicked out of your Facebook or Instagram account while scrolling, you’re not alone. [Downdetector](https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/) has already hit 352029 outages. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/6 "2024-03-05T15:50:36Z")
The title says fake boob ocalypse right? Is it just me? Also, I had finally received the evaluation from my team lead. My lowest score was an 82. My highest was 100. My mean was 90.4 . I went to tell friends on FB about it and found FB not working. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/7 "2024-03-05T15:51:23Z")
Are we sure this is a bad thing? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/8 "2024-03-05T15:51:52Z")
Wait, who said it was a bad thing? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/9 "2024-03-05T15:51:58Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > [Downdetector](https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/) has already hit 352029 outages I think you misspelled “outrages”. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/10 "2024-03-05T15:52:04Z")
Make that 352030 ---
**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 5, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/11 "2024-03-05T15:53:08Z")
How am I gonna let anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/12 "2024-03-05T15:59:01Z")
You could always post on Twitter. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/13 "2024-03-05T15:59:16Z")
Twitter, like the zillion other posts about it there. (That’s how I was assured it was widespread, and apparently I had caught the outage at the very beginning since all posts were less than one minute old (but not lovely).) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/14 "2024-03-05T16:00:57Z")
Please nobody fix the typo in the header! Faceboopocalypse just sounds so cute! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/15 "2024-03-05T16:01:01Z")
(I don’t actually have a Twitter account, but if you google facebook down twitter it will show you recent posts–the jokes and memes are already rolling in.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/16 "2024-03-05T16:02:15Z")
I didn’t take it as a typo, so it is safe from this moderator at least. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/17 "2024-03-05T16:05:08Z")
I don’t think it’s a typo. It’s how one would merge Facebook and Apocalypse into a single word. Well, Facebookocalypse would work too, but the OP is fine. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/18 "2024-03-05T16:05:21Z")
Is Faceboop the brother of Betty Boop? I thought it odd that I was logged out, I never log out. Then in trying to reset my password it became evident that the whole thing was down. Gee, now I have to actually talk to people. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/19 "2024-03-05T16:07:28Z")
I had logged into FB earlier this morning and had left it open, only to find later that I had been kicked off and a message that my password was incorrect. I checked. It wasn’t. I began thinking I had been hacked and was wondering what to do about it when I saw this thread. I’m relieved it’s not just me. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489/20 "2024-03-05T16:09:10Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > I began thinking I had been hacked Yeah, that seems to be the common reaction. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489.md?page=2)