Australia woke up on Tuesday to Facebook and Instagram experiencing a global outage. (What's App got hit too, which FB also owns).
Some say the issues are interesting timing given a whistleblower just brought to light damning allegations about the company. Hmmm...
But let's not get too serious... instead, we're looking at the funniest responses to the outage. Which of course is mostly on Twitter because that's all that remained... at least for a few glorious hours.
Facebook reaches out to users... on Twitter lol
Weโre aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. Weโre working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
โ Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021
The irony of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram having to post on Twitter that their server is down. Hilarious, isn't it? ๐#facebookdown #instagramdown #WhatsApp #Twitter #Instagram #Facebook #WhatsAppDown #serverdown
โ Akash Munirathinam (@akash_rathinam) October 4, 2021
pic.twitter.com/E99WHsWFAP
Twitter is king for a few hours
โ Bec Fist (@fistjourno) October 4, 2021
Twitter showing who the real boss is๐๐๐#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/0azi82A91N
โ Tembo benny (@Tembobenny1) October 4, 2021
How twitter held down social media today ๐ญ#facebookdown #instadown #TwitterDown pic.twitter.com/hQYHTgXTDN
โ IMB4DAR (@mazzzoff) October 4, 2021
And when Twitter said hi to the world, some big brands had a lot of fun saying hi back
hello literally everyone
โ Twitter (@Twitter) October 4, 2021
59.6 million nuggets for my friends
โ Twitter (@Twitter) October 4, 2021
I can't hear you.
โ Cephas.O (@CephasOmaku) October 4, 2021
๐ pic.twitter.com/QMLILFPZkz
โ Peppa Pig Official (@peppapig) October 4, 2021
Perfect time for a coffee break.
โ Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) October 4, 2021
I don't have hands so I'll just say Hi five times... Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi!
โ Alexa (@alexa99) October 4, 2021
Of course, who couldn't resist using the global phenomenon that is Netflix's Squid Game for some witty commentary:
When Instagram & Facebook are down. pic.twitter.com/mVFlVOOCOC
โ Netflix (@netflix) October 4, 2021
โ AfroMambo ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช ๐ฟ๐ฆ (@afro_mambo) October 4, 2021
#instagramdown #facebookdown #WhatsApp #InternetShutDown
โ JEYBPRONO ๐ฅ (@JeybProno) October 4, 2021
00Facebook dead
00Instagram dead
00whatsapp dead pic.twitter.com/10ZU8bINkZ
โ Twitter (@Twitter) October 4, 2021
People who donโt have Twitter right now:#facebookdown #whatsapp #MarkZuckerberg pic.twitter.com/msF0DMLysR
โ Mahadi (@mahadi_xx) October 4, 2021
It really was an apocalypse
the four saviors of the app-ocalypse #instagramdown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/JPsqEXtAJg
โ ari (@aristrella) October 4, 2021
ops pic.twitter.com/MDKbEZQMdk
โ ๐ข๐๐๐จ๐๐ฆ (@upsnothing) October 4, 2021
social media managers everywhere are crying shaking throwing up
โ Lionsgate (@Lionsgate) October 4, 2021
People with birthdays today, on Facebook:#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/a296usfel4
โ Mike Murphy (@Murpharee) October 5, 2021
Globally couples waiting to be reopening of instagram, facebook and whatsapp be like-#serverdown #facebookdown #InternetShutDown pic.twitter.com/aqvHJDjCh6
โ veer patel๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ณ (@vihaan_veer) October 4, 2021
Meanwhile, what Zuckerberg was up to during the outage
Mark Zuckerberg rushing to data center for trouble shooting of system shutdown ๐คฃ#WhatsApp#DeleteFacebook#InternetShutDown pic.twitter.com/SWTtct0BB2
— TeaserSixer (@teasersixer) October 5, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg and his team at data center #facebookdown #DeleteFacebook pic.twitter.com/emXm0x5T53
โ Simon Wachiuri, HSC. (@Its_Wachiuri) October 4, 2021
A rare footage from Facebook HQ. Mark Zuckerberg meeting with his server team #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/19OMwR4UB8
โ Naz รlkรผ Aycan (@NazUlkuaycan) October 4, 2021
Mark zuckerberg right now. ๐ pic.twitter.com/CaMX9fqzWy
โ Thoha Yasin ๐ฒ๐ป (@ThohaYasin) October 4, 2021
But not everyone was sad
The only #downtime that matters #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/gJvUOUyaiT
โ Bunsen and BEAKER ๎จ (@bunsenbernerbmd) October 4, 2021
#facebookdown no class okay. Yey pic.twitter.com/CR7asYeuPA
โ busy at academicsโขongoingausโขonlimit (@Shim_kami) October 4, 2021
Twitter active users after finding out Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are down ๐#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/PtYd7zX8nP
โ Those Waakye Thoughts ๐ญ (@EllarhD) October 4, 2021
Can we all agree to use this Instagram/Facebook outage to unplug and enjoy the break? No? OK cool. ๐คณ๐ต#facebookdown #instagramdown #whatsappdown #internetshutdown #gumball #tawog #AmazingWorldofGumball #CartoonNetwork pic.twitter.com/YTPNncRl54
โ Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) October 4, 2021
Not sure what the issue was, but there's some theories...
I think I might know what happened over at Facebook HQ #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/ZRK4ePXbJ1
โ Devlin Disguise (@Keefdevlin) October 4, 2021
Thankfully it's all back now and you can get back on with your life
Everybody going Facebook to see if its working now#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/OHFu1by4ik
โ Sadam Omer Osman Dr-Mullah (@SadamOmerOsman1) October 4, 2021
Don't worry users, The Situation is now Under Control. #WhatsApp #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/g5mW0u3uwS
โ Whatsapp (@iamMTRao) October 4, 2021
Ppl who use Facebook and Instagram. โYOOO ITS WORKING NOWโ #instagramdown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/MW7hD0nwUj
โ Tyrese Da Goat ๐ (@Tystckss_) October 4, 2021
Facebook is Back
โ ๐๐follow me i will follow u โค๏ธโค๏ธ (@faizichattha786) October 4, 2021
WhatsApp is Back
Instagram is now
Immigrants on Twitter heading back there right now ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/iLAgS90EnX
Me apologising to my WiFi network after blaming it for WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram outage ๐ฅบ#facebookdown #instagramdisabled pic.twitter.com/zWomrc5aGN
โ Iduzzel (@iduzzel) October 4, 2021
Barely.
โ DT (@Darrell69) October 5, 2021
๐๐คฃ#instagramdown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/Szf12FtImo