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Twitter was down on the night of July 11th 2019 from 9:46 pm to around 10:56 pm. The one-hour long outage was apparently caused by an “internal configuration change” – whatever that means.
Unlike the quo, where Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp go down and Twitter users throw jokes left right and centre over the issue, this time around things were a little bit awkward. The pun machine, Twitter, was down and the big question was, where were people ranting about the issue?
Interestingly, once Twitter services were restored, the hashtag #TwitterDown was among the top trends on the platform. Confused? Well, this tweet captures it all:
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So #TwitterDown is trending on Twitter about twitter being down?
— Sαɴcтιoɴed Iαɴ Mαrĸ™ (@IanmarkKimani) July 11, 2019
Through the hashtag, users expressed the hard times that hit them for that one hour, with a good number of people taking the opportunity to throw shade at Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – which were ironically up and running, but it seems WhatsApp status offered the best consolation with some crazy folks asking for RTs – on WhatsApp:
While Twitter was down, it trended on my WhatsApp for a bit ???#twitterdown pic.twitter.com/E38tuv0EsG
— Deji Imole Stark™???? (@deji_imole) July 11, 2019
??? pic.twitter.com/k4IHjYWysl
— Restaurateur ? (@Chap_Dee) July 11, 2019
I had to use Facebook to talk to people
— Jessica Fletcher (@heckyessica) July 11, 2019
Me on other social media apps waiting for twitter to come back. ? #TwitterDown #Twitter pic.twitter.com/dISA9SPuOE
— Feliz Karen News (@felizkrennews) July 11, 2019
my friends trying to convince me to use Instagram while #TwitterDown : pic.twitter.com/i3WKz2br1a
— lil homie ? (@sahsiij) July 11, 2019
#Twitterdown
Me heading back to Facebook..? pic.twitter.com/POGNq1M1Ik— ?kwa-☪ross bruda⚡ (@TonyWitty1) July 12, 2019
Me waiting for Twitter to come up again so i can continue living normally#TwitterDown pic.twitter.com/Fj8eug5QzI
— Job Art-Nairobi Based Photographer (@JobArtography) July 12, 2019
When Twitter is down so you gotta use Facebook ? #TwitterDown pic.twitter.com/hVVCCiamzw
— – (@esketami) July 12, 2019
Facebook and insta when twitter started working again #TwitterDown pic.twitter.com/2mWPZo6cWY
— Anthony Munoz-Meza (@Bebesito_chulo) July 12, 2019
Twitter itself did not shy away from making fun of the whole situation, maybe trying to lighten up the mood:
miss us?
— Twitter (@Twitter) July 11, 2019
welcome home
— Twitter (@Twitter) July 11, 2019
How'd that go ?
— Twitter (@Twitter) July 11, 2019
send cookies
— Twitter (@Twitter) July 11, 2019
As of now, Twitter says they are monitoring the situation. The company does acknowledge that a few people might still be facing issues here and there with the platform.
The take away from this all? Well, this tweet captured it perfectly:
Wow. Life without Twitter was rough. I give it a 4/10.
— MAMÍ. (@tiaramvrie) July 11, 2019
We’d also like to know how you spent your time away from Twitter, feel free to engage in our Twitter poll:
For a while there, Twitter was down. What did you people do during this 'apocalypse'? #TwitterDownhttps://t.co/XQe5iYVbZR
— Gadgets Africa (@gadgetsafrica) July 11, 2019
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