Facebook users reported on Wednesday that their feeds were flooded with posts by celebrities they do not follow.
Downdetector, a service tracking real-time problems online, reported thousands of issues related to Facebook — with 81% of complaints related to the website’s feed — beginning at 2 a.m. EDT. By later that morning, 45% of users reported issues with Facebook’s feed, while only 12% of users were reporting problems with the website overall.
Over 7,000 people were discussing the glitch on the platform. Others on Twitter also brought attention to the glitch, which had ended by about 5 a.m. EDT.
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“I spent the better part of my day unfollowing Facebook pages, muting Facebook friends and leaving Facebook groups after it had a glitch. I couldn’t bare looking at those bizzare posts,” journalist Jackson Ngari tweeted. “I thought updating it would help but it was effortless. Weird!”
I spent the better part of my day unfollowing Facebook pages, muting Facebook friends and leaving Facebook groups after it had a glitch. I couldn’t bare looking at those bizzare posts. I thought updating it would help but it was effortless. Weird! #facebookhacked
— Jackson Ngari (@Jacksonngari_) August 24, 2022
“Earlier today, a configuration change caused some people to have trouble with their Facebook Feed,” the communications director for Facebook’s parent company, Meta, tweeted. “We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”
Earlier today, a configuration change caused some people to have trouble with their Facebook Feed. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
— Alexandru Voica ? (@alexvoica) August 24, 2022
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The platform totes 2.934 billion monthly active users.
