01-Jun-2012 10:27

"Facebook is Acting Like its Stock. It Keeps Going Down!"

Late Thursday, Facebook suffered a series of service disruptions which left many people unable to use the social network.

Computer problems meant that the site was unreachable for some people for almost two hours.

Sporadic disruptions were reported by many people and even those who could get through said pages were taking a long time to load.

"Facebook is acting like its stock. It keeps going down," quipped one Twitter user.

News of problems getting at and using Facebook spread quickly as people took to Twitter, news sites and blogs to express their frustration.

In a statement, Facebook said some users "briefly experienced issues loading the site" but these had been resolved and it should be working fine for everyone.

It gave no details regarding the cause of the problems.