Late on Thursday, social networking platforms Instagram and Facebook experienced a temporary outage with users across the world reporting issues they couldn't log in and news feeds failing to load.
The outage was recorded both on Android and iOS, with users from both India and otherwise not being able to access the app. They were greeted with a "couldn't refresh feed" message.
DownDetector, a website that tracks outages, found that the technical glitch took place after 11 PM IST.
While people waited for the platforms to come back up, they temporarily made memes on Twitter.
Everyone running to TWITTER because INSTAGRAM IS DOWN! #instagramdown #instagram #instadown pic.twitter.com/WJ2GUCMqDJ— INSTAGRAM DOWN (@instagramdownnn) September 17, 2020
When Instagram is down and you check twitter for confirmation #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/nwYPuSHZ9A— Patty K (@pattyk_xo) September 17, 2020
Me trying to refresh my feed on Instagram rn #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/BwR63ZKsb0— ℍ ℂ (@ChammoutHassan) September 17, 2020
Everybody running to twitter to see if Instagram is really down or the wi-fi is not working #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/FkexafhQ8z— Dulce Mayaute (@DulceMayaute) September 17, 2020
Me running to twitter to see whether #instagramdown or not ? pic.twitter.com/2VTo59gedX— Abhirupa (@Abhirupa11) September 17, 2020
everyone when they see instagram is down again #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/5Z4DnTK1nX— rip chadwick (@litgarlicdad) September 17, 2020
Me checking Twitter if Instagram down instead of doing my work #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/BclfL98k17— Angel (@angelxughhh) September 17, 2020
We all here for the same reason huh ♀️ #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/prp7aEvgan— keepingupwithus (@LeahslitQoutes) September 17, 2020
IG been tweaking ever since FB got ahold of it #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/uG4Q8uJMiz— Trevo (@FuegoTrevo) September 17, 2020
everyone refreshing their ig page every 2 second#Instagramdownpic.twitter.com/kadIFqeG5u— ♡ (@vanillacherubs) September 17, 2020
me checking if every else’s instagrams down #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/p03KzFpcQx— IG: @temptedtt (@temptted) September 17, 2020
Some also felt that this was a pattern, every time the other two websites were down, people usually rushed to Twitter to check if the sites were down worldwide, or just for them.
Twitter was invented to check if Instagram and Facebook are not working for other people! #instagramdown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/f7bPMzfnS6— Lady Sofia (@MissSofia__) September 17, 2020
At the time of writing this article, the apps be back up again.
