Having too many outages wasn’t listed in the risk factors of Facebook’s filing, so they’re probably not too concerned about it, but they do happen sometimes.
In fact, some people have been tweeting about Facebook downtime today, less than 24 hours since the filing was made public (hat tip: NY Daily news).
@suandi
SuandiFacebook down earlier today; The Hunger Games to blame?: Facebook experienced some… http://t.co/WTkvCitR #sfeed
2 minutes ago via Google · powered by @socialditto
@streatfood
Streat FoodEvidently our fb page was down for a few hours this morning. While I have zero control over the fb servers, I DO… http://t.co/v8f5AZab 5 minutes ago via Facebook · powered by @socialditto
@Foxyfon
Foxy Fon#Facebook is down #wtf 7 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto
@AnonymousPress
AnonymousFacebook Just Went Down For 15 Minutes The Day After Its IPO http://t.co/P42YScRN 2 hours ago via Anonymous Press Office · powered by @socialditto
@Schindizzle
Greg SchindlerFacebook’s been down for 15 minutes and I’m freaking out because I don’t know if anyone’s having babies, eating food, eating babies, etc. 🙁 3 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto
@Shindigz
ShindigzSigns of an IPO party hangover? #Facebook down! 3 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto
@kevinmarks
Kevin MarksFacebook down? DId someone in legal over-interpret the SEC “quiet period” rules? 3 hours ago via Echofon · powered by @socialditto
@PTRTrick
Patrick RawlesWow so Facebook is down. It’s funny I want to ask friends if the site’s down but they’re all on Facebook. #Crisis 3 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto
It’s a good thing there’s a Twitter. It never goes down.
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