If you’re unsure if you’re addicted to social media or not, just wait until there’s an outage. Then watch how you react. For millions of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp fans, the moment of truth arrived today as all three platforms went down.
While some of us simply noticed that these sites weren’t working, checked our internet connections, then turned our attention to our other responsibilities in the real world, there was a large contingent that freaked the fuck out and went to the only place they could – Twitter – to vent and commiserate with others who weren’t getting their usual hit of serotonin.
We don’t know how long it will take until Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp are back online, but in the meantime, there’s no better way to spend the day than laughing it up on Twitter (which we all knew was the superior social media platform anyway, right?).
These are the funniest tweets about today’s social media outage.
Cover Photo: Twitter
Instagram and Facebook users who don’t use Twitter: pic.twitter.com/0ANAWhGR2w
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) October 4, 2021
All of us showing up to Twitter talking about Instagram and Facebook being down pic.twitter.com/emasJpIgU3
— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) October 4, 2021
Mark zuckerberg at WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook headquarters right now #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/QAwJjQsIlh
— {Not_your_جان} (@Shaizan_Imtiyaz) October 4, 2021
Twitter right now as WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook crash #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/I4hS5RRFr8
— ✞ (@itsjustdeny) October 4, 2021
Ok, this is funny — Twitter trolling WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook #FacebookIsDown pic.twitter.com/wQIk1NFewj
— Bille Marcum (@billemarcum) October 4, 2021
Realising that WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are all down pic.twitter.com/G77zxE7ZTy
— Teja Ammula (@askiTeja) October 4, 2021
Mark trying to fix Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook at the same time. pic.twitter.com/n0WZSwLYon
— Mazi Gburugburu Son (@Maziify07) October 4, 2021
Twitter trying to handle everyone coming from Instagram and Facebook pic.twitter.com/ItybcKJbN6
— Stephen A. Smith Burner (@TheSASBurner) October 4, 2021
Me after switching between my wifi and data only to realise that instagram and facebook are down #instagramdown
— Benji (@Cule_Ben) October 4, 2021
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook eliminated.
Only Twitter made it to the second game. pic.twitter.com/YfPETCPsHj
— Miguel | RAWE CEEK (@FormulaMiguel) October 4, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg trying to fix WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook issues all by himself. pic.twitter.com/HxcBFBXfkD
— ASIWAJU OF KOGI (@iam_onoja) October 4, 2021
The employees at Instagram and Facebook trying figure out what’s going on pic.twitter.com/oyaXhip55P
— Hoodville (@Hoodville_) October 4, 2021
live look at instagram and facebook pic.twitter.com/tOgdSU4PWR
— New Jersey (@NJGov) October 4, 2021
Me enjoying all the memes on twitter after instagram and Facebook is down#facebookdown #WhatsApp#serverdown pic.twitter.com/XmmSYHuZcw
— Aleeeyyy. (@iam_aleeraza) October 4, 2021
Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook are still offline…
Now Twitter : pic.twitter.com/CFusRIBCuY
— OMAR ARNOLD (@Omar_777_) October 4, 2021
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook down
Twitter, Snapchat & Tiktok rn: pic.twitter.com/g8RL1YFOhP
— Lilgend is just a boy (@Lilgend) October 4, 2021
Did you feel your self esteem just go up a little and your paranoia and rage go down a little? Instagram and Facebook are down baby! Enjoy the good feeling while it lasts!
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) October 4, 2021
Me checking Instagram and Facebook every 5 minutes to see if they’re no longer down… pic.twitter.com/kD8ozV7Fjw
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) October 4, 2021
Instagram and Facebook down? Twitter having problems? Gmail now? I think I know who’s behind all this…. pic.twitter.com/1pkvPI1EnL
— Lauren Staeger (@ROTFLauren) October 4, 2021
instagram and facebook are down? we know who’s behind it… pic.twitter.com/vn9QCbNCV7
— Nickeldeon (@Nickelodeon) October 4, 2021
“All this talk about Instagram and Facebook being down got me thinking about the times when i was down and you were there to pick me up…you don’t have to respond…tell your mama I miss her” pic.twitter.com/pvkJrmdhAu
— Hoodville (@Hoodville_) October 4, 2021
Me running to Twitter to confirm that I am not the only one having issue with Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook#serverdown #SocialMediaDown #Facebook #Instagram #Onlytwitter pic.twitter.com/Cg1TYdD0F6
— Killerhypz (@Killerhypz) October 4, 2021