The world woke up to a rude shock today. People stared blankly at their computer screens, not quite sure what they were going to do with themselves. A black day for social media megalomaniacs, selfies lay ready to be posted, witty status updates never saw the light of day and no likes were given on January 27.
Today, Facebook was down for 40 WHOLE minutes and everyone lost their minds.
And it wasn’t just Facebook. Instagram – down. Tinder – down. Hipchat was also down. Really, is nothing sacred anymore? Twitter, apparently. Frustrated Facebook-ers took to the micro-blogging site to weep about their woes. And, just like Twitter, we’re extremely grateful.
Lots of good things came from this Facebook outage. Relationships were strengthened.
Just met my husband in real life. He is a nice guy. #FacebookDown
— Priya MelodraMalik (@OMGPriyaMalik) January 27, 2015 Loyalties were tested.
I made a new Google Plus post… it’s been a while: http://t.co/7rIqdgwVoV #facebookdown
— Dan Ilic (@danilic) January 27, 2015 Some crossed the line, with below-the-belt digs.
MySpace is still working fine. #facebook #facebookdown https://t.co/NnijBoQpYE
— Mitchell Toy (@MitchellToy) January 27, 2015 Others rationalised the tragedy.
Maybe Amit Shah finally stumbled upon the Obama and Modi memes and puns. #FacebookDown
— Bruce (@GhantaGuy) January 27, 2015 Bosses had a field day, while employees were grumpy.
Historians will marvel at the enigma that was the unexplained spike of worker productivity that began around this time. #FaceBookDown
— Scott Goldstein (@BBBE555) January 20, 2015 The rest got real about the inevitable end of their social media lives.
Dear Twitter, Please don’t let my mom and dad create their account here now that Facebook is down. #facebookdown
— Ted Pylon (@TedPylon) January 27, 2015 It looked like the end of the world as we knew it. Would things ever go back to normal, we wondered. Right up until that glorious moment when we could log back in to Facebook.
Phew.
Survivors. That’s right.
We are survivors. We made it through the blackout period. #facebookback
— Umar. (@omizzz) January 27, 2015 Meanwhile, The Verge has revealed that hacking group ‘Lizard Squad’ might have had something to do with this sinister, sinister plot.
Here’s what they posted on Twitter.
Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, AIM, Hipchat #offline #LizardSquad
— Lizard Squad (@LizardMafia) January 27, 2015 The plot thickens.
