Facebook Went Down Today And People Actually Called The Cops

Uh oh!

Updated 10 years ago, August 1, 2014

Facebook went down for a little while earlier today. People panicked at their newfound time and increased productivity.

Attention world: #facebookdown. Please remain calm and do not attempt to interact with human beings.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 1, 2014

Did you hear about Pete? Yeah, tough break. Facebook went down on his birthday.

— Peter Schultz (@pete_schultz) August 1, 2014

Not bad Twitter, not bad!
15,800+ mentions of #FacebookDown in under 20 mins! pic.twitter.com/NATZm2T0tK

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 1, 2014

https://twitter.com/shenkitup/status/495260462439624704

https://twitter.com/SallyLeMaster/status/495262152962232323

"Facebook is Down: the Musical" has ended its short run and thanks you all for coming. #curtaincall #facebookdown

— BroadwaySF (@broadwaysf) August 1, 2014

In came the Tweet jokes…

https://twitter.com/BritishLogic/status/495255236408541185

Facebook goes down for less than 1 hour and Twitter explodes with dismay, existential dread, wit http://t.co/WA00k3RqfS #facebookdown

— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 1, 2014

Even news channels got in on it.

What did you do when Facebook went down earlier? Turn to #Twitter? #facebookdown http://t.co/TyF7Rjiorc pic.twitter.com/J8Y7TC0DGH

— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) August 1, 2014

Having problems on Facebook today? You're not alone: http://t.co/PGk7DzUBWP #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/2d8wjIXZ3z

— koconews (@koconews) August 1, 2014

But of course, it escalated when people started calling their local law enforcement officers about this criminal event.

#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!

— Burton Brink Fighting for California (@LASDBrink) August 1, 2014