The funniest reactions to Facebook going down today

Don’t panic everyone, but Facebook went down earlier today.

If you didn’t live through it yourself, the website detector, Downdetector confirmed that “Facebook is having issues since 12:56 PM EST.”

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Naturally, in moments of virtual world disasters, the Internet jumped ship and took to another social media juggernaut, Twitter, to deal with the situation the only it knows how: with GIFs, jokes, memes and one-liners.

It could be the end of the humanity as we know it. But until then, let’s see what the Twitterverse had to say.

Well…. I think Facebook did crash! #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/mIpMRFYwHE

— Olivia Douglass (@odouglass11) November 12, 2018

Oh hello everyone who is on Twitter because Facebook is down. Since we all have some free time, what are some good tech or science stories you’re reading right now? #Facebookdown

— WIRED (@WIRED) November 12, 2018

What #Facebook headquarters looks like right now. 🤣 #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/tD9wIYdX9c

— Coffee. Mom. Repeat. (@coffeemomrpt) November 12, 2018

Only on Twitter because #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/cwj2h0rSxC

— Graham Cawthon (@GrahamCawthon) November 12, 2018

IN THIS MOMENT #Facebookdown pic.twitter.com/sL65FnLjti

— John Zuluaga (@johnz7g) November 12, 2018

You know what to do, Facebook. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/TVupradnOH

— DimmerMeerkat (@DimmerMeerkat) November 12, 2018

Twitter. Noun. Place we all go to talk about #FacebookDown. pic.twitter.com/YbauzrH0YR

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) November 12, 2018

Yes, I am one of those who immediately went to Twitter to figure out if I was the only one whose Facebook wasn’t working. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/FnhC4kVCgm

— Sam Morrow (@sam_morrow14) November 12, 2018

#FacebookDown means I won’t have to worry about being DM’d by high school classmates trying to sell me shit from some pyramid marketing scheme for a whole ten minutes. pic.twitter.com/IbRMuypUmd

— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) November 12, 2018

Aaaaaaaaaaand STAY DOWN!#FacebookDown

— Pavox (@Pavox) November 12, 2018

Since Facebook is down, why not take a couple minutes to breathe?

Follow along with the video! #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/81rDcfTnqw

— Greenspace Mental Health (@grnspacehealth) November 12, 2018

SRSLY ME RIGHT NOW CHECKING EVERY PHONE TO MAKE SURE I WASN’T BANNED #FACEBOOKDOWN pic.twitter.com/MM33wN3YdP

— Memphis Entrepreneurs (@MemphisEntrprnr) November 12, 2018

Facebook is down? Oh no. How will I know what my extended family and people I hate from highschool have opinions on now?!?!?!?!?! #facebookdown

— Philip DeFranco (@PhillyD) November 12, 2018

Were you there? #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/4Z4hLa20q4

— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) November 12, 2018

For this brief moment, nobody in the world is being spied on. It’s kinda weird. #Facebookdown https://t.co/REyZPiA7Xm

— How-To Geek (@howtogeek) November 12, 2018

#facebookdown guess i’ll have to socialize like a real human being. on the upside no more chain posts for a while. pic.twitter.com/sAPloc49jy

— Dustin (@dManTeddyBear) November 12, 2018

Me because #facebook is down #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/BXjejhK6tl

— Heather Lyn Mackey (@HeatherLyn) November 12, 2018

People trying to figure out what happened to Facebook.

#FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/3XQL4pZNOG

— Cameron Grant (@coolghost101) November 12, 2018

Logging into Twitter after Facebook has been down for 4 minutes: #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/u3gYHWlMma

— Eric Vanden Eykel (@evandeneykel) November 12, 2018

Checking your other social media accounts while #Facebook is down… #myspace #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/P6bRq3jQId

— wdsu (@wdsu) November 12, 2018

Social media managers when Facebook goes down #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/0fHfc034qJ

— Antwon R. Martin (@AntwonRMartin) November 12, 2018

#facebookdown Now if Fox News stops working too everyone over 55 will be forced to find legit and credible news sources.

— Zack G (@ZackGo55) November 12, 2018

The only good thing about Facebook being down? How hilarious Twitter gets with everybody tweeting about it #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/aX4K3kFthX

— Jessica Doty (@Jezahb) November 12, 2018

Seriously Facebook? You down again? Let me pull this back out lol #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/V5hhh2cn6e

— Aynsley Broom♥️ (@Aynsley_Broom) November 12, 2018

Alright, everyone, #FacebookDown so it’s time to actually work. pic.twitter.com/4alI7zqRmL

— Brandi L (@idnarB_eeL_03) November 12, 2018

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