Facebook, Twitter and others are DOWN!

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At first I thought it was just me. I restarted my DNS server after noticing intermittent connection issues. But nope! It looks like Facebook, Twitter and a handful of other sites are currently down in parts of the United States. At least here with Time Warner in NYC, and according to and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.

How on earth are we expected to tweet our frustrations with Twitter being down?! It's been quite an extended period of time so far, too. At least a half hour ago since I first came onto the computer and noticed, so we're not talking about a 30 second blurp here.

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As found, this looks like more than a single PC hiccup — restarting a local DNS cache didn't help everyone. reports the problem began near 10:00 AM ET, while notes Google+ stayed reachable for them. That mix of reports (different ISPs and different services affected) is exactly why it helps to run a few quick checks before assuming the worst.

Quick, practical checks to run now:

  • Try from a different network (cellular tether or a friend on another ISP). If that works, the issue is likely ISP-side.
  • Test name resolution against a public resolver to separate local DNS problems from wider DNS issues:
    dig facebook.com @8.8.8.8 +short
nslookup facebook.com 1.1.1.1
  • Trace the path to see where packets stop (use traceroute on *nix, tracert on Windows):
    traceroute facebook.com
# on Windows: tracert facebook.com
  • Check the HTTP(S) response headers to see if the service is answering at the application layer:
    curl -I https://facebook.com

    Note: connecting directly to an IP can fail for SNI/virtual-hosting reasons, so DNS still matters even if an IP responds.

If public resolvers return addresses but local lookups do not, switch your client temporarily to 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1 and retry. If traceroute fails soon after your gateway, collect timestamps, a traceroute, and the dig output and pass them to your ISP. If multiple, large consumer services are affected for many ISPs, it often points to upstream routing, CDN, or a provider-side DNS problem — but collect facts first before assigning blame. And for a lighter note, has the right idea about venting while you troubleshoot.

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starmaster98 0 Newbie Poster

It quit working at almost exactly 10am eastern time here in Maine.

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Antonio_4 0 Newbie Poster

Yeah, there's a massive TW outage that's affecting both FB and Twitter. But Google+ still works :)

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Member #1094041

Looks like you will have to vent the old fashion way.

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