If you had trouble accessing Facebook and/or Instagram today, you weren’t alone.
The two social media powerhouses were dealing with apparent “outages” as login, newsfeed, and website problems were reported for both platforms.
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As the virtual world almost got back to work (it was a Wednesday afternoon, after all), people took to Twitter to react to the news with the best way our generation knows how: GIFs, memes, and jokes.
While you look for a book to kill some time (remember what those are?), here are the best reactions from this afternoon’s power outage.
The date is March 14th 2019. 24hrs after #facebookdown
Nobody remembers how to reach loved ones or eat food without posting updates and the global economy has collapsed.
The few Facebook users that migrated to twitter were among the lucky few to once again connect. pic.twitter.com/Q8OvfWc2uk— Elevator Thoughts (@Jonny_LDN) March 13, 2019
#Instagram down, oh hi Twitter. pic.twitter.com/6AJmxB3evt
— . (@candrawnt) March 13, 2019
Live footage of Facebook users running to twitter to check they aren’t the only ones struggling to log in #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/IkJZbobWiv
— Joyful Joey (@JoeyJoyful) March 13, 2019
#FacebookDown
That’s exactly what I did 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/YBZly5qayg— MAZID GABA (@aramazid) March 13, 2019
When Facebook and Instagram are down at the same time and content floods Twitter #FacebookDown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/OTD8B9A1JA
— Ad Age (@adage) March 13, 2019
When i run into Twitter to see WTF happens to #instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/DpdPwSUtkg
— Ali Ahmed (@ali94new) March 13, 2019
Literally everyone on Twitter rn pic.twitter.com/oL9mRI9hux
— gunjan (@gvnjan) March 13, 2019
#FacebookDown #InstagramDown
#instagramdown
Lmao Everyone running from Instagram to twitter to see if other peoples Insta and Facebook is down pic.twitter.com/I7WVesmVj7— Godkiller (@AngelOfDeath889) March 13, 2019
#instagram is always down. I have memes to post. Get your shit together @instagram
— ✝️Meag ❥ (@lucid_dreamin) March 13, 2019
When you realize that your not alone… and you got your homies living all the same thing #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/E2TH5lroq5
— Zachary Bernard (@ZacharyBernard_) March 13, 2019
White moms complaining to their internet providers about Facebook not working thinking that their internet isn’t working because they needed to post another “live laugh love” quote: pic.twitter.com/HgJmevZHzC
— Little Boat (@makeupbyg4) March 13, 2019
Me refreshing Instagram even though I know it’s still down. #Instagram pic.twitter.com/tYbToBbrLu
— Alexis (@alexis1der) March 13, 2019
me checking every five minutes to see if instagram is back working #instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/Z27Ir2OiH6
— addi💓 (@ccaraac) March 13, 2019
Me repeatedly tryna log back into Instagram even though i know it’s down and gonna say an error message #instagramdown #instagram pic.twitter.com/EW3Q5kbFjG
— threads (@threxdz) March 13, 2019
😂 1 hour without FB everyone’s like #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/6SvL0BJSpe
— Jacy Howes (@JacyHowes) March 13, 2019
MY CAT DID SOMETHING CUTE AND FUNNY AND I CANT @instagram or @facebook IT !!!!!!!!! #facebookdown #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/6J3o19WCou
— just ask 🙂 (@whm1971) March 13, 2019
Coming on Twitter to see if anyone else is having #Instagram problems pic.twitter.com/Wn4TSZDOoB
— The Honorable Joshua Chenault (@joshuachenault1) March 13, 2019
Everyone taking the opportunity to drag Instagram and Facebook on Twitter:#facebookdown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/IHXsujGk8X
— 🅰️ (@awizardharreh) March 13, 2019