Facebook Briefly Goes Down for Some Users

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Samantha Murphy
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Facebook Briefly Goes Down for Some Users
The Facebook Inc. logo is seen on the landing page of the company's Apple Inc. iPad in London on Monday, May 14, 2012. Credit: Jason Alden/Bloomberg/Getty Images

It wasn't just you -- Facebook briefly went down for some users on Friday afternoon. The social network experienced technical issues for many members trying to log onto the site.

The news comes as Facebook celebrated its tenth birthday. Maybe it's getting a jump start on its moody adolescence.

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"Earlier this afternoon, we experienced a load-balancing issue that prevented some people from accessing Facebook for a brief period of time," a Facebook spokesperson told Mashable. "We resolved the issue quickly, and we are now back to 100%. We're sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused."

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Facebook's developer webpage showed a real-time chart revealing how the response time was nearly double its typical rate.

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