[imagesource: Mashable / @verryharryhill]
If an influencer drinks a coffee with some lovely foam art on top and doesn’t get to document it on social media, did it even happen?
With Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp experiencing a six-hour outage yesterday, people were forced to flock to Twitter for their social media kicks.
Naturally, there were memes. So many memes.
Twitter is always first with the memes, so prepare to see the same ones appearing on Instagram and Facebook in the days and weeks to come.
Let’s get the ball rolling with Sky News’ collection:
When Instagram & Facebook are down. pic.twitter.com/mVFlVOOCOC
— Netflix (@netflix) October 4, 2021
Whatsapp Facebook and Instagram #serverdown
Meanwhile Twitter 😂 pic.twitter.com/hNgGhyOr46
— Prashant (@prashantgwari) October 4, 2021
When Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are down… pic.twitter.com/mkQcTiSGB8
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) October 4, 2021
*the domains for Facebook and Instagram no longer exist*
MySpace:
pic.twitter.com/75UntBeAOm— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 4, 2021
Even the official Twitter account joined in on the fun:
Congratulations, you made it to the next round pic.twitter.com/hviCZfG8q9
— drey (@Dreymwangi) October 4, 2021
That’s another Squid Game reference.
I like to think that some people returned to a simpler way of living, reading a book or staring aimlessly out into the distance contemplating the meaning of life, but who really knows?
Via CNET, more memes:
social media managers when FB and IG go down ?? 😲 #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/8f1a4Q2Pex
— ً龍暴 (@hellojerico) October 4, 2021
— Efe doğru (@Efedogru__) October 4, 2021
Mashable had a few winners:
Two hours later, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are still down pic.twitter.com/cn7WnKWJ04
— beesan 🌼 (@beesan2002) October 4, 2021
You know, Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague. what are you gonna produce while Instagram is down??
— Allison P Davis (@AllisonPDavis) October 4, 2021
Look, it’s Twitter’s own Jack Dorsey taking the piss out of Facebook:
how much? https://t.co/fH0zXw7rV9
— jack⚡️ (@jack) October 4, 2021
More memes? Sure.
These via Deseret:
Me enjoying all the memes on twitter after instagram and Facebook is down#facebookdown #WhatsApp#serverdown pic.twitter.com/x4CgSdVe77
— Kamrul Rahat (@imKrahat) October 4, 2021
Heading down to my bunker with the only thing still working #TwitterDown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/5eLTqk6Qxo
— MB (@Bowx_) October 4, 2021
Me apologize to my wifi when WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook goes down and realise that’s not wifi fault #serverdown pic.twitter.com/5VlLvfnr45
— Muhammad Waseem CH (@Itx_WasiCH_56) October 4, 2021
Live footage of Zuck heading to the data centres to restart Facebook and IG pic.twitter.com/Dbig4NQyla
— Trung Phan 🇨🇦 (@TrungTPhan) October 4, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg losing Million of money due to Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram down.
Meanwhile Twitter CEO: pic.twitter.com/qEVIy2Crp5
— BIGHIT INFO (@BIGHIT_INFO) October 4, 2021
Facebook: Down
Instagram: Down
Whatsapp: DownLogging into Twitter like: 🤣🤣 #whatsappdown#instagramdown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/5epOeus5OI
— Benji (@Cule_Ben) October 4, 2021
That’s more than enough for one day.
Now as you were, and back to aimlessly scrolling through those apps that you so briefly escaped the clutches of.
