People are encouraged to call 911 for various emergencies, but apparently Facebook being down is not one of them.
This was the call of action of many Los Angeles Facebook users Friday when the social network went down on Friday.
#Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue, please don't call us about it being down, we don't know when FB will be back up!
— Sgt. Brink (@LASDBrink) August 1, 2014
The sergeant continued to tweet that the department frequently gets calls about emergencies not related to law enforcement, including cable, TV, and other electronics not working.
CNN reported that about 70 percent of LAPD phone calls are non-emergency, including one instance where a man called to complain that he hadn't gotten cheese on his hamburger.
According to thewire.com, in the time that Facebook was down, the company lost about $426,007.
Facebook has yet to comment on the issue, but released a statement to users on their Platform Status Page:
"Facebook is currently experiencing an issue that is affecting all API and web surfaces. Our engineers detected the issue quickly and are working to resolve it ASAP. We'll update shortly."
During the Facebook outage, many people turned to Twitter. While Facebook was down, #FacebookDown was a trending hash tag on Twitter.
This was the second outage in Facebook history, following a similar outage on June 19. In the June outage users were unable to use the site for 20 minutes, for which Facebook has not given an explanation for thus far.
Facebook has 1.32 billion users, making it the largest and most active social media website, reports the Tech Times.
