If you’ve been wondering why Facebook wouldn’t let you share that post, Instagram wouldn’t let you post that latest picture or Story, or why WhatsApp and Messenger wouldn’t let you upload that picture message, it was because of a major global outage that hit the platforms last night, as reported by Hindustan Times.
#FacebookDown | Facebook and Instagram suffered a major global outage. Users were unable to access the two platforms on their smartphones as well as on desktop.
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) March 13, 2019
Read more here: https://t.co/5bFHRxRW2R#InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/FtnBDe6RJK
In short, everything was down, the apocalypse was near and we were screwed.
Down Detector seems to show Facebook issues all over the world, particularly in Philippines, U.S. and Western Europe. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/2Bwoor8l4w
— Run Dolph (@RunDolphVibes) March 14, 2019
“Should be able to get back on within a few minutes…”
— Kerry ☀️🐍⚔ Resists Persists (@OmniGlitter) March 14, 2019
So, like 10 hours, 60 minutes in an hour… *attempts to math*
Yeah, just a few minutes. *yawn*#FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/IUXm8Vgv2s
And jutst FYI, #FacebookDown and #InstagramDown have been trending now for 12 hours straight.
According to downdetector.com, Facebook was hit at around 10 PM while several others even reported issues emerging as early as around 9:38 PM, reports HT.
In a statement to Reuters, a Facebook spokesperson is said to have revealed that the company is “aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps.”
Obviously users took to Twitter, instantly to unite as coping mechanism.
#facebookdown
— Coop (@CooperF55) March 14, 2019
Facebook: 🛑
Instagram: 🛑
WhatsApp: 🛑
Twitter: pic.twitter.com/MKv7XQu0VO
The social platforms were back up a couple of hours – that sure as hell seemed like a lifetime – later. But, the floodgates for memes remained open.
fb is back up and this is the first meme on my feed: #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/GqH55gvtz5
— Steph Maria (@vidawithsteph) March 14, 2019
Facebook and Instagram are down. This might be the first sign of apocalypse.
— Hannah Taglucop (@nanahjanica) March 13, 2019
When I found out that it wasn’t just me who can’t get on Instagram or Facebook
— Sagar Patoliya (@sagarpatoliyaa) March 13, 2019
#instagramdown #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/pzOfdOdGQN
The date is March 14th 2019. 24hrs after #facebookdown
— Elevator Thoughts (@Jonny_LDN) March 13, 2019
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
When Whatsapp, Instagram, and Facebook going down together… #WhatsAppDown #instagramdown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/TNaRJsYHkr
— Ahmad Ridho (@Ahmadridhopp_) March 14, 2019
And obviously, we were having withdrawal symptoms too, since we’re literally jobless without posting on our social media accounts. So, this describes us right now.
#Facebookdown #InstagramDown
— ScoopWhoop (@ScoopWhoop) March 13, 2019
everyone right now pic.twitter.com/9Z2s7nunFu
Legit, us right now.
#FacebookDown #InstagramDown
— ScoopWhoop (@ScoopWhoop) March 13, 2019
Twitter: pic.twitter.com/QlxgKlEnRe
And now that it’s up and running again – hopefully, for a while – let’s take a moment to thank Twitter for always being there!
Facebook Users: My feed won’t refresh
— Semajj the Muse (@SemajjTheMuse) March 14, 2019
IG Users: My post disappeared
Twitter Users: #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/dZJuaMQY2x