Is Facebook down for you? Here's what's going on (Update: Back online) 53%
By Ryan McNeal19%
7/23/2026, 1:59:28 PM
Topics: Android Apps, Mobile
Keywords: Facebook
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 38.7% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 336 faulty-reasoning hits from 150 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 51.8% and a BS Rank of 53% (10,363 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 52.70% of the article peer group.
Update: July 23, 2026 (6:58 PM ET): Reports on Downdetector have dwindled, suggesting that the service is no longer experiencing issues.
Original article: July 23, 2026 (4:59 PM ET): Are you having trouble with Facebook today?
If pages are loading slowly or not at all, you’re not the only one experiencing these issues.
The social media site appears to be down for some.
Facebook users are reporting an outage on Downdetector.
It appears that the reports started recently, but the number of reports is continuing to grow.
As a result, it’s unclear just how widespread the problem is.
According to the heat map, the hardest hit locations appear to be Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Miami.
We’ll keep an eye on the situation.
This article will be updated when it appears the service is back online.
Confirmation Bias
14%Confirmation Bias
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14%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Anchoring Bias
10.7%Anchoring Bias
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10.7%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.6%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Availability Heuristic
22.7%Availability Heuristic
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22.7%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Representativeness Heuristic
13.3%Representativeness Heuristic
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13.3%AuthorRyan McNeal
1.8%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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1%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Framing Effect
13.3%Framing Effect
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13.3%AuthorRyan McNeal
4.5%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
1.5%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.4%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
8.7%Optimism Bias
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8.7%AuthorRyan McNeal
6.7%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.9%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Negativity Bias
6.7%Negativity Bias
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6.7%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.9%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.1%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.4%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.8%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Recency Bias
15.3%Recency Bias
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15.3%AuthorRyan McNeal
1.6%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.2%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Appeal to Authority
18.7%Appeal to Authority
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18.7%AuthorRyan McNeal
2.8%PublicationAndroid Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.5%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Hasty Generalization
11.3%Hasty Generalization
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11.3%AuthorRyan McNeal
3.2%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Bandwagon
11.3%Bandwagon
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11.3%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.6%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
1%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.3%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
24.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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24.7%AuthorRyan McNeal
1%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.1%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.2%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0.4%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
1.7%PublicationAndroid Authority
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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6.7%AuthorRyan McNeal
1.7%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
38.7%Unattributed Quote
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38.7%AuthorRyan McNeal
5.4%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
0.4%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Biased Writer Voice
8%Biased Writer Voice
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8%AuthorRyan McNeal
2.4%PublicationAndroid Authority
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorRyan McNeal
6.9%PublicationAndroid Authority
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150 words analyzed.
Analysis
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