The dependence was real and it showed! We all felt the loss as some of our favorite social media apps went down all day today!
It was so bad the interruption is the number one trending topic on Twitter still.
Read some of the reactions below, starting with Twitter themselves who had a field day with the frenzy!
hello literally everyone
— Twitter (@Twitter) October 4, 2021
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Then Mcdonalds had some fun asking Twitter, about what they need, and NOT Twitter asking for 56.6 Mill Mcnuggets!
59.6 million nuggets for my friends
— Twitter (@Twitter) October 4, 2021
And of course, Microsoft got some love too because we all had to actually work today!
59.6 million nuggets for my friends
— Twitter (@Twitter) October 4, 2021
And not Twitter adding a little custom emoji to everyone’s #internetshutdown hashtag!
Twitter after adding a little emoji next to the #InternetShutDown tag pic.twitter.com/Nj2MHds2xT
— chun swae. (@girl_kaybee) October 4, 2021
Black Twitter clowned other #blacktwitter users for logging in all of a sudden, after not being there for months.
So uh…. what yall do in here? #facebookdown#BlackTwitter pic.twitter.com/gsJkHxeTtI
— Easter (@EasterTheEgg) October 4, 2021
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#BlackTwitter looking at everyone losing their minds ??? pic.twitter.com/kS4Qm5VUiF
— Denise (@eurodpt) October 4, 2021
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Oh hey #BlackTwitter ….yall back????? pic.twitter.com/3G4bCZ3sbN
— Desires Design (@DesiresDesign) October 4, 2021
And then why did Blackplanet pop up all of a sudden?
We just happened to be in the neighborhood. ???#Blackplanetback https://t.co/T6TcYoPv7s ?? pic.twitter.com/BEk8YNzwiQ
— #BlackPlanetBack (@blackplanet) October 4, 2021
Tumblr just knew they were going to get some love
— Tumblr (@tumblr) October 4, 2021
and
????????????
— Colbert TISHA (@yramriA_ylF) October 4, 2021
The Squid Games meme’s were on point too!
about it #SocialMediaDown pic.twitter.com/nsj8GSfa30
— ✨ S T E P H A N I E (@isacunar) October 4, 2021
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never noticed my crippling instagram addiction up until now, smiling through the pain #SocialMediaDown pic.twitter.com/pk4rXjHlpK
— ᑎᗩYᗩᕼ (@itsnotnayah) October 4, 2021
and of course not to be outdone, Netflix added two cents:
When Instagram & Facebook are down. pic.twitter.com/mVFlVOOCOC
— Netflix (@netflix) October 4, 2021
and
Mark Zuckerberg at the moment trying to fix the server #SocialMediaDown pic.twitter.com/Y8KJl8V0Hj
— فيجاي شراك (@gainwithdng) October 4, 2021
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Has anybody tried turning it off and back on again?#SocialMediaDown pic.twitter.com/zflirxaNBF
— jklincoln (@Jkhlincoln) October 4, 2021
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Lemme cut down all the connections so you may spend some family time?#SlowDown #whatsappdown #instagramdown #facebookdown #SocialMediaDown pic.twitter.com/BGtqYgcWAb
— Saim? (@Saimhihun) October 4, 2021
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The intern after “accidentally” deleting Facebook. #SocialMediaDown pic.twitter.com/hu3vLwMRFf
— Alim ?? (@ItzPHSavageWolf) October 4, 2021
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influencers right now: #SocialMediaDown pic.twitter.com/DnYx13JxOd
— sincerely, AHHHHivy marie. ? (@sincerelyivy) October 4, 2021
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Twitter holding social media after whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook went down#SocialMediaDown #facebookdown #WhatsAppDown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/akw49wVJlF
— Soheib Hussan (ننے چودھری) (@OfficialNanna1) October 4, 2021
and
Twitter after carrying the social media game yet another day#InternetShutdown pic.twitter.com/5GALIgn2V8
— Team Secret (@teamsecret) October 4, 2021
and
facebook moms trying to create a twitter account right now ????#InternetShutDown pic.twitter.com/VICN0Qko2m
— Exotic (@googoogagaratio) October 4, 2021
Did you all get a ton of work done without social media today? Comment below!