The world had to go on without Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp for almost eight hours on Wednesday, and even celebrities couldn't he...
The world had to go on without Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp for almost eight hours on Wednesday, and even celebrities couldn't help but panic a little.
Hollywood took to Twitter along with thousands of people across the globe to complain or crack jokes about the social media outage.
Bachelor star Colton Underwood called out Instagram for shutting down on the very day he was allowed to publicly flaunt his new relationship following the show's finale.
'Yo @instagram I just went public with my girlfriend last night and I have to post a few more pictures of us to be annoying/show her off,' he said, referring to Bachelor winner Cassie Randolph. 'Can you fix yourself soon?' he added.
Mindy Kaling, who has long been active on Twitter, hoped that the Instagram and Facebook outage would win her some new fans.
The world had to go on without Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp for almost eight hours on Wednesday, and even celebrities couldn't help but panic a little
Bachelor star Colton Underwood called out Instagram for shutting down on the very day he was allowed to publicly flaunt his new relationship following the show's finale
Even Denny's got in on the fun, using the social media breakdown as the perfect time to advertise its hours
Mindy Kaling, who has long been active on Twitter, hoped that the Instagram and Facebook outage would win her some new fans
'Instagram and Facebook are down so here we are. Crossing my fingers this is my best performing tweet yet #instagramdown,' she joked.
Tommy Wiseau, star of cult classic The Room, also took the opportunity to welcome new fans who may have stumbled upon his account during the outage.
'Facebook is down ! Instagram is down ! Welcome to my twitter !' he wrote, including a video of himself telling everyone to 'have a groovy time'.
Even Denny's got in on the fun, using the social media breakdown as the perfect time to advertise its hours.
'Instagram and Facebook are down but Denny's is always open,' the diner quipped.
Democratic Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joked that the Instagram outage meant she couldn't document her furniture shopping trip to her millions of followers
Lindsay Lohan had a simple message for Instagram, although it was unclear if she believed she had the solution or just wanted to complain to someone personally
Tommy Wiseau, star of cult classic The Room, took the opportunity to welcome new fans who may have stumbled upon his account during outage
Democratic Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joked that the Instagram outage meant she couldn't document a furniture shopping trip to her millions of followers.
'Is Instagram still down? Bc after 2 months almost furnitureless in DC I am trying to take you all on the riveting adventure of getting: a chair,' she tweeted.
Lindsay Lohan had a simple message for Instagram, although it was unclear if she believed she had the solution or just wanted to complain to someone personally.
'@instagram please contact me,' she tweeted.
Former Nickelodeon star Josh Peck took the opportunity to fire off a number of jokes at the expense of Instagram influencers and the sponsored content often on display in the app
Former Nickelodeon star Josh Peck took the opportunity to fire off a number of jokes at the expense of Instagram influencers and the sponsored content often on display in the app.
'With Facebook and Instagram down, 250 models just became dental hygienists,' one tweet read.
'With Facebook and Instagram down, every Fit Tea has filed for bankruptcy,' Peck joked in another.
Even Instagram had to take to Twitter to explain the situation.
'We're aware of an issue impacting people's access to Instagram right now. We know this is frustrating, and our team is hard at work to resolve this ASAP,' it wrote.
many just took to Twitter to post the selfies and videos they would have posted on Instagram, while others were having plenty of fun posting memes about the so-called social media crisis
But many just took to Twitter to post the selfies and videos they would have shared on Instagram, while others were having plenty of fun posting memes about the so-called social media crisis.
'God I'm so happy Instagram is still not working, I hope it stays down, finally the hot people will have to come here and learn to be funny to get attention like the rest of us,' joked Marie Le Conte.
'I ATE TWO MEALS INSTAGRAM AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO POST THEM. MY FANS ARE GOING TO THINK I AM STARVING,' one user tweeted.
One Twitter user posted a picture of Tom Anderson, the founder of Myspace, and wrote: 'My man has been waiting for this day'.
Many joked about people's panic over the social media blackout, while others poked fun at themselves for simply going straight to Twitter
'All Instagram models realizing they have to look for new jobs since they are now unemployed,' another user quipped.
Comedian John Fugelsang joked about how he would explain the event to his children.
'Son, I wasn't alive for the Donner Party or Pearl Harbor; but I am old enough to remember when both Facebook and Instagram were down at the same time during that terrible winter of '19,' he tweeted.
Facebook was up and running again around 8pm EST but problems were still being reported with Instagram and Whatsapp, which are both owned by Facebook, until late Wednesday night.
Others joked about the panic that Instagram and Facebook must have been feeling during the global outage
Even Instagram had to take to Twitter to explain the situation to its users on Wednesday
When confirming the platform-wide issue Wednesday afternoon, Facebook shut down speculation that the site may have been targeted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
'We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps,' the firm tweeted about two hours into the outage.
'We're focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack.'
More than a third of Facebook users affected by the outage reported that they were experiencing a 'total blackout.'
Others said they could not refresh the News Feed or log into their accounts. Similar problems cropped up on Instagram and Messenger at roughly the same time.
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