Facebook goes offline for third time in a month

WORRIED Facebook users have flocked to Twitter to discuss the most recent outage which lasted almost an hour.

Down ... Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has not commented on the recent outages. Picture: Paul Sakuma

POPULAR social networking website Facebook went down for the third time in a month.

It was first reported at around 5.03 am EST, but was back online for most users around 6am.

No official reason was given when Facebook previously went offline on September 17 and September 24.

Hundreds of worried Facebook users flocked to Twitter and other social media networks to discuss the outage, with humorous results.

Twitter has agreed to take in 30,000 Facebook refugees. #facebookdown

— Aly (@Aly) September 28, 2015

Breaking News: #Facebook crash forces public to resort to traditional stalking methods. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/m1EbseAFMT

— Alison Comyn (@alisoncomyn) September 28, 2015

Hey facebook...have you tried switching it on and off again? #facebookdown

— Nikita Gill (@AnOddity21) September 28, 2015

I want facebook to reimburse me my fake money on bejeweled blitz for going down when I was playing. THIS IS SERIOUS! #facebookdown

— Chris Thompson (@supricky06) September 28, 2015

I'm not worried abut Facebook being down. I GOT THIS. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/vIXqLo0yyg

— Peter Shankman (@petershankman) September 28, 2015