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Becca Monaghan

34 of the funniest jokes and memes about Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp going down

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all down – and the memes have been rolling in on Twitter.

The three major apps, all owned by Facebook, completely stopped working shortly after 5pm. Social media users are currently being faced with error pages and unresponsive feeds. While the company has acknowledged there is an issue, they have not yet stated what it is.

Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone took to Twitter to apologise for the inconvenience but failed to mention how long it would take to fix. He said: “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.”

The same statement was posted shortly after on the official Facebook Twitter page.

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Instagram followed suit and shared a similar update.

“Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them,”

“Bear with us, we’re on it!”

WhatsApp also took to Twitter to update frustrated users: “We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible,” it said.

“Thanks for your patience!”

Naturally, social media users turned to the one platform that’s still currently functioning – and companies wanted in on the action.

“hello literally everyone”, the official Twitter account tweeted, which prompted McDonald’s, WhatsApp, Instagram, OnlyFans and Reddit to join the conversation and make light of the social media meltdown.

And of course, feeds were filled with memes.

Maybe MySpace was the best social media platform after all?

Some folks were even reminiscing about Ceefax.

It was a bad day for people who get all their information from Facebook.

Even Netflix was trolling.

Eventually, all the websites were restored and all was well in the world again.

Normal service resumed around 11 pm GMT but the memes are going to live on for a little while longer.

In a leaked transcript published in The Verge in 2019, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg suggested that such outrages are a “big deal”, as problems can lead people to use competitor platforms instead. It also noted that it could take “months” to win back trust and get people back on Facebook’s platforms.

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