Wednesday's problems, which starting at around 11 a.m., are considered to be the largest Facebook outage in company history. And it wasn't just Facebook services that were down or not working properly, but also Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp.
"We rely on them a lot, and when they go down, we’re really reminded of just how much we rely on them," said Ian Sherr, editor at large at CNET News.
While many may have struggled to fill time, Susan Wisch of Glenside did not. She says she limits her Facebook usage to Fridays and Sundays.
"Facebook is too addicting and can eat up too much of my time and make me feel connected to people that I actually don’t have any connection with,” Wisch said. "And I miss the actual people in front of me."
Rachel Benson says she actually didn’t notice a thing.
"Last night at around 7, I was able to get in," she said.
Benson said she could have been affected before that, but she was too busy to see for herself, and that’s not a bad thing.
"I definitely think people should take a break and enjoy their life instead of being on Facebook," she said.
The company says it wasn’t due to a cyber attack or anything like that. The problems lasted for most users through the early morning hours.
"They can confirm that this is not related to any sort of traffic attack," Sherr said. "We’ll see whether or not there are other things that pop up, but the last time Facebook went down, it was actually a technical error on their end."
That was in November of last year, and the outage lasted only about 40 minutes.