Twitter Users React to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Going Down

Social media users were not happy as of 11:38 a.m. ET Monday morning. And that’s all because Facebook and other apps owned by the tech giant, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, went down simultaneously.

Ironically, a spokesperson for the company took to Twitter to let users know they were working to get things back to normal.

We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

— Andy Stone (@andymstone) October 4, 2021

While it’s not clear what caused the outage, the error page users see when trying to connect to the platforms suggests a Domain Name System (DNS) error is responsible for the outage.

As you would have guessed, many people took to Twitter to express their frustrations, memes, and jokes to pass some time.

https://twitter.com/lulanzeashiraf/status/1445076568599113743

WhatsApp instagram and Facebook is down :

Twitter Headquarters :😂😂😂😂#WhatsApp#WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/bBrt3Fn65u

— MaploTi (@TiMaplo) October 4, 2021

https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1445078208190291973

Mark trying to fix Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook at the same time. pic.twitter.com/n0WZSwLYon

— Mazi Ifeanyi 🦉🧘🏾‍♂️ (@Maziify07) October 4, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg fixing the WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook crash😂😂😂 #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/0VfwH5DpvF

— Mr.Nobody (@hellogm69691170) October 4, 2021

Me without Whatsapp, Instagram AND Facebook. I actually talked to my wife. She's a very nice woman after all. pic.twitter.com/53Zwz6CGQD

— Pedro dos Anjos (@pedro_m_anjos) October 4, 2021

Tom would’ve had MySpace back up and running in 5 minutes. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/bXMYQ45cXy

— DJ Cliff Potts (@DJCliffPotts) October 4, 2021