Yahoo News Facebook and Instagram crash as the world complains
Imagine a world where Facebook and Instagram crash at the exact same time. It may sound like a horror movie, but it was real life on Thursday (May 25).
Around 8.40pm UK time/3.40pm ET on Thursday, the sound of people in all corners of the globe yelling at their computers and mobile devices could be heard. Thank goodness Twitter was still up so they could rant:
Facebook went down while Mark Zuckerberg is speaking live at Harvard right now. #FacebookDown #fail
- Himanshu Kapoor (@himkp) May 25, 2017
Oh geez, #InstagramDown too. 😑 pic.twitter.com/CO5FC891q0
- Good Social Company (@GoodSocialCo) May 25, 2017
Checks twitter to see if #instagramdown 🙄
- 🌹Rosie🌹 (@ChargerChick310) May 25, 2017
I noticed #FacebookDown and my first reaction is to tell everyone by posting to FB :-( Thanks @Twitter for being my #cushion network pic.twitter.com/5kJeXi8WZf
- Leo James (@LeoJamesMusic) May 25, 2017
How people react when #facebook is down. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/QO3v8MrzEe
- V (@lanoirepapillon) May 25, 2017
Sigh. Social Media Coordinator's bane: #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/4KpNFZdVuy
- Laura Barry (@LauraRuthBarry) May 25, 2017
You would think that @Facebook would be smart enough to not have @instagram on the same servers #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/3wLXwNTJ9J
- Kerri Jablonski (@iamthemaven) May 25, 2017
#facebookdown & the world might freak out pic.twitter.com/ibEc5qIB6W
- Jay Kranda (@JayKranda) May 25, 2017
#facebookdown whyyyyyyy pic.twitter.com/QYGE2o4h7o
- Javi Recinos. (@CJaviRec) May 25, 2017
#facebookdown Murió pic.twitter.com/VZOPDj8Moh
- Anthony Jimenez (@Tonyjm87) May 25, 2017
#facebookdown Nooooo! pic.twitter.com/SXniIaRjoN
- Denise Nelson (@DeniseNelson10) May 25, 2017
#FacebookDown 😔😢
I Already Miss Using Facebook
But its Back Again 👏😂
add me https://t.co/k47w4HAx0u- Emci Christian (@emci_christian) May 25, 2017
#FacebookDown is now #FacebookBackToNormal
- Keith San Antonio (@klenlue) May 25, 2017
The service outage occurred at a rather inconvenient time for Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who was a bit busy accepting an honorary doctorate alongside Star Wars' James Earl Jones at his old stomping grounds of Harvard University.
It should have been a huge moment for Mark. After all, he'd quit the very same university 12 years ago to devote himself fully to establishing Facebook as the ultimate social network.
(Maybe if he'd actually graduated, there wouldn't be this many service outages? Just sayin'...)
(Are you taunting us, Zuckerberg?!)
Although service has resumed for most, Digital Spy has reached out to Facebook for clarification on what caused the outage and when access would be restored for all users.
Naturally, confused and disappointed Facebook and Instagram users were looking for someone to blame for this utterly baffling turn of events. This guy below has as good a suggestion as any:
#facebookdown Damn you Trump !!!
- Scott Reiboldt (@Scottreiboldt) May 25, 2017
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