The social media networks have become an integral part of our lives and the messaging platforms have undoubtedly made it easier for all of us to keep in touch and that too at a very low cost. WhatsApp can easily be called one of the most popular and most used messaging platforms and it won’t be wrong to say that it is difficult now to imagine our lives without these apps.
However last night something happened which brought an earthquake in the lives of the users of messaging platforms. Last night, at around 10:55 PM, social networking site Facebook, photo sharing platform Instagram and messaging platform WhatsApp stopped working at the same time. This happened not just in India but in some other parts of the world as well and many users were not able to make any post or send messages from their apps because of this outage. Nobody knew what happened as it was no less than a nightmare for a number of people. Many individuals started visiting the micro-blogging site Twitter in order to find out as to what happened with WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook.
Though the reason behind this outage is not known, the services of these social media networks got restored after 45 minutes and WhatsApp posted this message on Twitter through its official handle, “Thanks for your patience, that was a long 45 minutes but we are back! #WhatsAppDown”
Thanks for your patience, that was a long 45 minutes but we are back! #WhatsAppDown
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) March 19, 2021
Instagram also tweeted, “Some people were having issues with their Instagram accounts earlier, but we’re back now. The issue’s been fixed and we’re sorry for the trouble. #instagramdown”.
Some people were having issues with their Instagram accounts earlier, but we're back now. The issue's been fixed and we're sorry for the trouble. #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/dd9mJPiqDz
— Instagram (@instagram) March 19, 2021
However, it was also a perfect opportunity for memers to show their talent and creativity and they came up with funny memes on this situation. Here are some of the selected tweets that will make you go ROFL:
#1
Couples Be Like 😃#WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/aXM1MY2CHt
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) March 19, 2021
#2
Everyone running to twitter to confirm that WhatsApp is down. #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/Afqaw0Sb27
— C A R L O S Ⓤ (@Dalbertis21) March 19, 2021
#3
Telegram owners after seeing WhatsApp and Instagram down#whatsappdown 😂 pic.twitter.com/TLMqBLRJCS
— Iqrar Alee Ameer (@IqrarAlee112) March 19, 2021
#4
All whatsapp and Instagram users coming to twitter to check if their net is working#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/VxcPTeuCL6
— Eeshan Bagchi (@bagchi_eeshan) March 19, 2021
#5
Instagram and WhatsApp users watching Twitter users having fun:#WhatsappDown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/zYTZbytKYs
— Khizer khan 🇵🇰 (@khizerkhan407) March 19, 2021
#6
Telegram and Signal to WhatsApp users right now after #WhatsAppDown: pic.twitter.com/EsJownsYsY
— Soham Naskar (@SohamNaskar) March 19, 2021
#7
Me restarting my phone 100th time in last 5 minutes without knowing that Whatsapp and instagram crashed.
*Le Mark Zuckerberg: #instagramdown #Facebookdown #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/kb5OlhcaAE
— Suresh Pilania (@Suresh_Pilania) March 19, 2021
#8
Whatsapp guys turning off and on data…
Restart phone….😂😂#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/O8qBlJ6eii— khan (@ZK_Lawyer) March 19, 2021
#9
https://twitter.com/nirav_sarang/status/1372974970641346562
#10
https://twitter.com/jennylane216/status/1372970842146050048
#11
https://twitter.com/koduvaOff/status/1372978507580542979
#12
#whatsappdown
Me who deleted whatsapp and installed it again pic.twitter.com/6ozRi8BPrR— boogie (@oggyboogieman) March 19, 2021
#13
https://twitter.com/The_MemeBaaaz/status/1372986351038074881
#14
After Checking Whatsapp & Instagram is Down
Me thinking #MarkZuckerberg blocked my account due to things I have done lol🤣🤣🤣#whatsappdown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/9lZR9d4wBH
— Siva Harsha || S/H 🤙🎥 (@SivaHarsha_1) March 19, 2021
#15
https://twitter.com/divasoniyaroy/status/1373094672881491974
Did you also switch off and then switch on your phone, thinking that something is wrong with your phone? How was your reaction at that time?