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Posted on 08/01/2014 2:13:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An officer from Los Angeles County took to Twitter on Friday when Facebook users called for help to report that the social media website was down.
Sgt. Burton Brink, the public information officer in La Crescenta, CA, posted a Tweet reminding people about the reasons for calling them for help.
"#Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue, please don't call us about it being down, we don't know when FB will be back up!" he wrote.
Users who tried to get on Facebook around noon EST were greeted with an apology.
"Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can," the site posted.
A message posted by a Facebook's developer around noon said the site "is currently experiencing an issue that is affecting all API and web surfaces. Our engineers detected the issue quickly and are working to resolve it ASAP. We'll update shortly."
Facebook returned about an hour later.
Is this article for real or is it sarcasm?
I read Twitter was down as well yesterday.
Maybe he did an you just don’t know because it was in your Facebook feed.
“It’s times like this that I really do fear for the future of the Republic.”
Agreed.
A man yclept BurgerZuck,
Will bring a speaking cluck,
To many millions & c.,
A social media spree.
It will go down in El Lay,
On a certain Day,
Nine Hundred plus ten and one,
Will deal with urgency connected to the Zuck one.
* If Free Republic is ever down, remain calm and call the National Guard, the French Foreign Legion, Batman, and Jim Thompson. Please remain CALM.*
Get on the CB channel 11 and form a Pony Express type relay of messages across the country.
10-4
Keep in mind— the kids and younger people do not use Facebook anymore. These are older people acting the fool.
But what if I can’t get Chicken McNuggetts at 10 AM?
That must surely be an emergency!
Really! Who cares if FaceBook is down?
I can exist without it.
Those that cannot are too weak to deserve a ride on planet Earth.
Every one of these idiots should be charged with misuse of 911. A heavy fine or even a weekend in jail at the very least.
How freaking stupid are these folks?
Don't know about "kool," but those over 70 IQ bailed after a few months; years ago.
You've never watched Bill O'Reilly, have you.
I just don't understand why OBloviator didn't ask Nancy Lugosi if the birth certificate on the White House web site was genuine.
Would have been a lot more "authoritative."
Don’t some people call 911 when they say McDonalds screwed up an order or ran out of Chicken McNuggets???
These people are really that incredibly stupid and needy that they called 911 because Facebook was down?
POLICE: Do not call us when liberty dies.
No need to call 911. I can assure they already know.
Ham radio - go to 146.520, the 2 meter hailing frequency then we’ll move off to other, less used frequencies.
When Facebook goes down, does Assbook come up in its place?...Or are they really one in the same?
If FreeRepublic is down for an extended period, grab your bugout bag and haul a$$....the Progressives have gone rogue and FEMA is on the way!!
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