Global Facebook outage outrages consumers: a round-up of the Twitter reaction

A disaster of epic proportions took place this lunchtime: a global Facebook outage. We take a look at some of the best comments made about the outage using Twitter.Users have been unable to post updates, with “There was a problem updating your status. Please try again in a few minutes” appearing on the screen, while some users have also not been able to like other statuses. A Facebook spokesperson told The Drum: "Earlier this morning, while performing some network maintenance, we experienced an issue that prevented some users from posting to Facebook for a brief period of time. We resolved the issue quickly, and we are now back to 100 per cent. We're sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused."

So @facebook is down and I just got this message when trying to log in: pic.twitter.com/rPy6y1CGGG

— Ryan Owen Gibson (@ryanowengibson) October 21, 2013

Facebook is broken? NOW is the Winkelvoss twins' chance! They can get in with a better product, quickly.

— Sophie Hannah (@sophiehannahCB1) October 21, 2013

Facebook's changed its relationship with the internet to 'it's complicated'.

— Tom McLaughlin (@_TomMcLaughlin) October 21, 2013

No Facebook this AM, so here you go: photo of food I ate, generic "I hate Mondays" status, snarky passive/aggressive cryptic post, cat photo

— Drew Garabo (@DrewOnTheRadio) October 21, 2013

Since Facebook's broken, here's a Like button. Clicking it won't do anything but, you know, it might ease the pain pic.twitter.com/MRfdftgrEd

— Tango (@DrinkTango) October 21, 2013

I know facebook's down, neighbours just posted a photo of her lunch through my door. I've no idea of how cute her cat's been today though.

— JC (@JCautomatic) October 21, 2013

Facebook users will just have to lump it instead.

— Keri (@kerihw) October 21, 2013