What happened when Facebook was down
The end is near! On Tuesday morning millions of people around the world woke up to find that Facebook and Instagram were down.
Whilst some thought it was just a local network issue, it quickly emerged that this was a global problem with outages everywhere.
In an ironic turn of events, both Instagram and Facebook announced via Twitter that they were working on the problem.
Although the sites are back up, there is no official word on why they were down.
Meanwhile, everyone had a ton of jokes and memes at the ready.
Here's how Twitter reacted to the facebook and Instagram crash.
That awkward moment when @facebook and @instagram have to announce via @twitter that they're having issues LOL. pic.twitter.com/OgQdOiLtr2
— East Coast Radio (@ecr9495) January 27, 2015
Facebook and Instagram are down. Employers everywhere be like... pic.twitter.com/YfzU1TpYI3
— Danielle Bowler (@DanielleBowler) January 27, 2015
Manual Facebook Update Protocols Engaged: #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/vxxgC6CMYf
— King Podge (@kingpodge) January 27, 2015
Facebook down. Instagram down. North Korea? Or Tom from Myspace #backfromthedead #receipt
— Justin Roberts (@JustinRoberts) January 27, 2015
While Instagram (& Facebook) are down... #Facebookdown pic.twitter.com/qk9vco0lST
— ATTN: (@attndotcom) January 27, 2015
#FacebookDown is my Vietnam.
— Rich Wisken (@RichWisken) January 27, 2015
People on Twitter upon hearing Facebook and Instagram are down: pic.twitter.com/hSylCaY55r
— Ian Padgham (@origiful) January 27, 2015