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A lot of people were bored this week when our social media apps Facebook and Instagram went down. One time was enough but twice was just almost too much to take.
Facebook and other Facebook-owned properties like Instagram and WhatsApp had two outages this week, CBS News reported. But the company assures that all the issues have been resolved and that service has been restored.
DownDetector.com reported that users of the apps first started to have issues around 2 p.m. Friday, during the companies second outage. Users weren’t able to load their apps or post pictures.
“Sincere apologies to anyone who wasn’t able to access our products in the last couple of hours,” Facebook said in a statement to CBS News. “We fixed the issue, and everything should be back to normal now.
Apparently, the whole ordeal was caused by a “configuration change” that affected users across the globe. However, this was not the same issue for the outage users experienced on Monday.
“Things have been fixed, and everything should be back to normal now,” Instagram tweeted Friday. “thank you for bearing with us (and for all the memes this week).”
“We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products,” Facebook tweeted earlier Friday. “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience.”
The first outage happened on Monday, which lasted for six hours. Facebook said it was due to a networking issue.
And although many of us didn’t know what to do with our time, it wasn’t any better for Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg. He reportedly lost $6 billion on Monday. The company dropped almost 5% after a Facebook whistleblower sat down for an exclusive interview with “60 minutes.” The interview claimed that the company is aware that misinformation is highlighted and spread across its platform, but the company continues to deny that allegation.
