Absolute scenes.
Last night saw a worldwide outage of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp for almost six hours, and naturally, chaos ensued.
Facebook Inc. said that a
"faulty configuration change" was responsible for the problems, and, after what felt like days, all three platforms were eventually up and running late last night.
In the meantime social media savants flocked to Twitter - sure where else would they go? - to share their bafflement at the sorry state of affairs, as well as some top-tier memes.
Many had their hearts in the right place, and urged social media users to look out for those who are particularly vulnerable during this troubling time.
https://twitter.com/veryharryhill/status/1445082185883607056
Others felt the need for the social media platforms of times gone by.
https://twitter.com/Wahlid/status/1445078496720551942
Lest we forget.
Netflix wasted no time in paying tribute to Twitter, who played a blinder in hosting hoards of new users last night.
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1445061159158042625
In a similar vein, one user felt that desperate times called for desperate measures, and there was only thing for it.
https://twitter.com/MrAhmednurAli/status/1445070262681153542
For some, old fashioned texting felt like uncharted territory.
https://twitter.com/SophLouiseHall/status/1445073900690419721
Naturally, IT Crowd references were flooding Twitter, and Chris O'Dowd himself chimed in.
https://twitter.com/BigBoyler/status/1445175352863690754
Michael Fry summed up the experience perfectly with a short video.
https://twitter.com/BigDirtyFry/status/1445061715759177742
Some feared that the outage would force them to endure the corporate hellscape that is LinkdedIn.
https://twitter.com/spochadoir/status/1445059554371309590
Others, meanwhile, were happy to enjoy the ride.
https://twitter.com/_hameedk17/status/1445067501189009409
