This morning we began receiving reports that Facebook Pages had a major flaw that was preventing users from commenting an liking stories. Some Page administrators were even unable to access the page content. While we’d assume that Facebook is actively working on a fix for the issue, it’s preventing a fair amount of Facebook Page functionality.
The bug appears to be limited to specific users. Additionally we’ve heard that the bug is happening within comments. For example, a user cannot “like” an actual comment on a feed story. It’s a small bug but it’s making it difficult for numerous people to communicate on the site. Facebook tends to resolve these problems relatively quickly. It also appears that this bug is only affective new posts, not previous posts.
We’re not quite sure why this is happening, or how many people are affected by the bug, but it’s pretty clear that it’s causing problems with many Facebook users. We’ll be sure to update the post if we hear anything else from Facebook. Have you seen this bug as well?
Thanks to Mari Smith for sharing this bug with us!
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I am having many issues can't update status can't like can't post a comment , cant email people whats up with all this ?? and when will it be fixed and cant even tell my step mom Happy Birthday it sucks
Comment by paula stenulson well — September 3, 2010 @ 12:55 pm
CANT see videos cant comment on any ones statuses ughh fix it already it has been 3 days foe me
Comment by paula stenulson well — September 3, 2010 @ 12:58 pm
This is the only thing I can write on what a mess !!
Comment by paula stenulson well — September 3, 2010 @ 12:59 pm
I have been having some problem with not being able to comment on some peoples posts.
But what I find more irritating yet, is the notifications are always there, or you keep getting the same old ones even an hour after the first one is sent, they repeat themselves.
Have been getting white pages when I refresh. Facebook is in the sorriest state of repair I have seen it be in for quite some time.
I think you should work on existing issues before worrying about rolling out new ideas.
Thank you very much,
George Baker
nebrgirlgeorge@yahoo.com
Comment by George Baker — September 3, 2010 @ 1:05 pm
I saw this today and figured it was a matter of an individual's privacy settings. I know you can make it so people can't like or comment on your posts.
Comment by Brittany — September 3, 2010 @ 1:07 pm
Thanks for the update so that I know it IS a bug. It's been freaking me out for the whole night.
Comment by Frank Fung — September 3, 2010 @ 1:20 pm
The Libertarian Party's fanpage is currently experiencing this problem. It's quite the inconvenience.
Comment by Kyle Hartz — September 3, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
Yes, we definitely get that. I have 4 FB pages. 2 of the biggest ones have this problem, the others do not. Seems to affect all (or almost all?) other admins we have for these pages.
Comment by Ari Shohat — September 3, 2010 @ 3:01 pm
Same thing on my page for about the last 24 hours. Can't "comment" or "like" any posts left on my page. The only option is "flag". Sure hope they figure this one out soon!
Comment by David Warren — September 3, 2010 @ 5:10 pm
When trying to log on facebook, I keep getting a screen that wants me to add a mobile phone number so they can verify my identity. I don't have a mobile phone. I've been trying to get through to customer service, but it is non-existent. I googled the problem, and many other people have had the same problem, and it's been over a month and still hasn't been resolved. How can they boast of so many people when a lot of them are basicly being held hostage because they are signed up but can't even get in to change or discontinue their membership.
Comment by Linda — September 3, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
The bug happened on pages AND groups. It was not a bug preventing people from commenting or liking, new posts to pages or groups did not have a like or comment button. Even though this issue has been resolved, posts made while this this error was occurring still lack a like or comment button.
Comment by Darryl Barnes — September 3, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
The bug is now fixed for new posts, but not for posts that happened during the breakage.
Comment by hotlou — September 3, 2010 @ 9:08 pm
Yes, this was horrible, but its fixed now, however, there seems to be another issue…Month old posts return if you click 'view older posts' ugh..
Comment by Shane Chevalier — September 3, 2010 @ 9:12 pm
Hope it works. Ty
Comment by Steve Warren — September 4, 2010 @ 3:08 am
One day will be glad to see it end.
Comment by Steve Warren — September 4, 2010 @ 3:15 am
This is really disturbing, It has affected my fun page posts ans also because of that my website has been flagged. can't share any thing to facebook with that url..What should i do.
Comment by kelvin — September 4, 2010 @ 4:49 am
Get her done
Comment by Steve Warren — September 4, 2010 @ 7:13 am
ya we have noticed this on one of our pages. Do you know how to get rid of the bug..? Is there a process one should follow.
What is even more of a prioirty for us at the moment is that we have lost one of our fan pages…the whole page has disapeared. We have tried to contact facebook and no luck…any suggestions on what to do if a page has been disabled?
Many Thanks
Jenny
Comment by Jenny — September 7, 2010 @ 1:02 am