Twitter outage sparks social media meltdown, sets off meme fest

#TwitterDown started trending on the platform. With hilarious memes and GIFs, people shared how exactly they felt when Twitter was not working.

By: Trends Desk
New Delhi | Updated: October 2, 2019 05:40 PM IST

3 min read

Avid Twitter users had a meltdown online after Twitter faced outage for several hours.

Twitter and its dashboard management platform TweetDeck faced an outage worldwide, sending its avid users in a meltdown. Netizens were left frustrated as they were unable to post on the micro-blogging site, besides facing problem while sharing images and videos. Many also complained that they couldn’t access their direct messages (DMs).

“You might have had trouble Tweeting, getting notifications, or viewing DMs. We’re currently working on a fix, and should be back to normal soon,” the company tweeted, without giving further details.

Outage monitoring website Outage.report received more than 4,000 reports of the incident globally, including Japan, Canada, and India.

After a long wait, the app and its website platform’s services were restored. However, #TwitterDown started trending on the platform, dominating global trends. With hilarious memes and GIFs, people shared how exactly they felt when Twitter was not working.

Sample these:

https://twitter.com/Vipul_Mp3/status/1179318788573077504
https://twitter.com/GrewalSharry21/status/1179319258129547264

https://twitter.com/v_ashutosh/status/1179334403270553602
https://twitter.com/_U_9_Nothin_/status/1179331973145387008
https://twitter.com/Ibleed_sarcasm/status/1179328182761263106
https://twitter.com/realrobinhood18/status/1179319575311261696
https://twitter.com/katybear91/status/1179330878947901442
https://twitter.com/gum__nam/status/1179329759052013571

Finally, when Twitter is back:
https://twitter.com/Ghaslate/status/1179330644897386496

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