# Why can't I connect to Facebook?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-connect-to-facebook/738053>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 20, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-connect-to-facebook/738053 "2015-11-20T05:14:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-connect-to-facebook/738053/1 "2015-11-20T05:14:17Z")

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This may have a factual answer and belong in general Questions, however there may be multiple answers to this, so let’s start here.

When I attempt to connect to Facebook I get a message stating “The connection has timed out.”

This has never happened before. I don’t have any problems connecting to anything else.

I downloaded Malware Bytes and it discovered and quarantined 8 things, yet I still can’t figure out why I can’t connect to Facebook.

Thoughts?

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**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:** [November 20, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-connect-to-facebook/738053/2 "2015-11-20T14:50:26Z")

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Are you going to [https://www.facebook.com](https://www.facebook.com) ? (Click that link)

Are you having problems connecting to any other secure sites?

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-connect-to-facebook/738053/3 "2015-11-20T16:58:33Z")

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I’ve been having a few problems today too. It wouldn’t load any new feeds for me and after about 10 items it said I needed to find more friends. Might be something on their end.