One of the many recent Facebook problems.

One of the many recent Facebook problems.

Has this page been a common sight for anyone else recently? You’re definitely not alone if it has. Facebook users have been experiencing various problems with the much-beloved social networking website, and the issues seem to be affecting every user on the site. SU students and other blogs are reporting being locked out of their account due to “site maintenance,” bugs where links on the site just aren’t clickable, problems with Facebook Chat, and general slow speeds.

“Facebook is turning into MySpace,” junior Sociology major Steve Allen said. “It’s slow, buggy, and I can’t get on my account ever.”

The Mashable blog talked about the problems with Facebook Chat, recalling times when messages didn’t go through, buddies randomly sign off when they are actually still on, and also times when chat is just 100% down and inaccessable.

“All of these make the chatting experience quite painful,” Stan Schroeder wrote.

Speculation has linked these problems to increase load due to Facebook’s popularity, problems with the “new” version of the site, and just general bugs, but the general public will still be in the dark until we hear something from Zuckerberg & Co about what is actually going on.

If Facebook wants to stay the social networking king, it needs to shape up on some of these problems. The user base Facebook caters to is known for having a short attention span when it comes to computer problems, and if they keep up, people will abandon Facebook for something new as fast as they abandoned MySpace for Facebook.