Facebook crashed tonight - for the third time in a fortnight - and its absence led to some hysterical craving for social networking.
The website crashed and left users without access to their accounts for roughly two hours tonight.
At the moment there's no news on what caused the fault.
With Facebook shuttered, users took to Twitter to seek solace and to vent - ranging from desperation to sarcasm to outright despair at the trauma inducing effect a downed website can now seemingly have on some people's lives.
For a brief moment during #facebookdown I had to form my own political opinions on things. Glad that nightmare is over.
— Jack Ryan (@yesjrk) September 28, 2015
Desperate for news of my friends' cats. What if they have been doing cute things near a keyboard while this crisis goes on #facebookdown
— Otto English (@Otto_English) September 28, 2015
And all over the country people are printing out pictures of their dinner and showing it to people on the street #facebookdown
— Insp K J Robbins (@KelvinJRobbins) September 28, 2015
Everyone huddled on Twitter like it's the fire assembly point during a drill. Can we go back inside yet? #facebookdown #facebookdown
— Matt Hayes (@MattyHayes22) September 28, 2015
As Facebook is down, try printing this out and sticking it to items and people that you are fond of. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/ZMpsJAeiZZ
— Glen Scott (@glenscottuk) September 28, 2015
Facebook is down. Brides and grooms freeze at the altar, afraid their elaborately choreographed dance routines will be wasted. #facebookdown
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) September 28, 2015
Twitter has agreed to take in 30,000 Facebook refugees. #facebookdown
— Jake Zous (@Trollzous) September 28, 2015
When the #NasaAnnouncement shows liquid water on Mars, but the top trend on Twitter is #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/nuh3CN18uX
— I H Laking (@IHLaking) September 28, 2015
