For some six hours Monday, the ripple effects of Facebook's massive outage reverberated around the world. Photo notifications and birthday reminders stopped. Online businesses sputtered. Messaging went silent. Here's how the outage unfolded.
A businessman in Atlanta changed his passwords because he thought his phone had been hacked.
A Long Island woman who sells vintage items on Instagram lost revenue when she was forced to cancel a sale event. And a graduate student in Texas, freed from the distractions of social media, whipped through four assignments.For some six hours Monday, the ripple effects of Facebook's massive outage reverberated across the US and around the world.
— Twitter October 4, 2021 "Hello literally everyone," said Twitter's official account, about an hour after the outage was announced, prompting a flurry of witty responses.Meanwhile, the memes poured in. Some played off the initial confusion, when people thought the problem was with their phones or internet connection. "Me running to Twitter to see if facebook and Instagram are down or if it's just me," posted one woman with a video of a man sprinting down the street.
— The World Of Funny October 4, 2021 Some posted memes about Twitter's sudden supremacy over Facebook and its cousins.@Twitter up ✌ pic.twitter.com/51TT7bff9k — Gad Aime October 4, 2021 And still others lamented the fact that they couldn't reach their pals. "I can't even tell my friends that Facebook is down. They're all on Whatsapp and Instagram," tweeted one New Yorker.For online entrepreneurs, the outage wasn't funnyFor many users, social media is more than a way to share photos and messages. It's also a place for small businesses to make sales and grow their customer base.
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