You're not the only one: Facebook Pages is broken around the world
Pity the poor brands that struggled to deliver you piping hot content all day -- this one included.
A number of news outlets and other companies running official pages on Facebook were unable to post or schedule posts all Wednesday Australian time, although posting to personal pages appeared to be unaffected. As of 9 p.m. AEST, the problem still wasn't fixed.
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The error message read: "There was a problem updating your status. Please try again in a few minutes." For Mashable, the bug has affected pages in the U.S., Europe and Singapore, as well as in Australia.
Desperate to continue pushing out memes, some outlets used Facebook on mobile to post the precious links -- one tactic that worked.
The social media team at the Guardian Australia told Mashable Australia they had been having similar problems. While an Australian public relations agency Sling & Stone said they, as well as some clients, also had trouble with their business Facebook page.
"We follow a tonne of international media brands across a range of social media channels. We've certainly noticed a drop off in reading material on Facebook today and we're aware of a few brands that have been hit by the outage," Kasi Reynolds, director at Sling & Stone, told Mashable Australia via email.
"Hopefully it's a short term glitch, but it does reiterate how important it is for brands to have multiple communication channels with their audiences."
As the rest of the world woke up, they took their frustration out on the only social media platform available, Twitter.
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Facebook has been contacted for comment -- and also a lifeline. We'll update as soon as we know more.
In the meantime, enjoy your nice, vaguely more chill Newsfeed.
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Ariel Bogle was an associate editor with Mashable in Australia covering technology. Previously, Ariel was associate editor at Future Tense in Washington DC, an editorial initiative between Slate and New America.
