In the wee hours of Monday night/Tuesday morning, Twitters users reported that both Facebook and Instagram had gone offline.
Welcome to #SocialMeltdown2015.
https://twitter.com/Braun23Austin/status/559968760107630592
One thing is clear: Twitter is the evacuation procedure. #SocialMeltdown2015
— Senthorun Raj ✨ (@senthorun) January 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/Holloucinate/status/559964346491498497
#SocialMeltdown2015 24 hours
OMG SRSLY DON'T TOUCH TWITTERRR!!!!1111!!
— ?KING YOUNGBABE WIFEU? (@iamrealllCM) January 27, 2015
One word crossed the minds of night owls: Hacked?
Hummmm wondering if Facebook,Instagram,and Tinder was hacked???? If not that had to be a bad server crash…owch
— Joshua Murdock ? (@MurdockPhotosWx) January 27, 2015
What's happening FB? you get hacked? #facebook pic.twitter.com/Ay9srj9hfP
— Emerson Leandro (@elgc45) January 27, 2015
Hacked? ? RT “@TheNextWeb: It's not just you! @Facebook and @Instagram are down right now http://t.co/USbHrUFJrJ pic.twitter.com/syqVzzovhA”
— temi lasade (@temilasade) January 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/AssanOmar/status/559962376922210304
https://twitter.com/JayyneBrenna/status/559966839728390144
Facebook and Instagram are down at the same time, tf?
— T͛y͛ (@malcolm_hexx) January 27, 2015
Well Facebook and Instagram are down. No wonder my messenger is quiet!
— ?Noona_ARMY ? (@Miharu_sama) January 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/Steveyadig/status/559965997738639361
Time for Guess the Culprit. Place your bets:
Are facebook and Instagram hacked by #isis
— Nadine ElJamal (@jamalnadine) January 27, 2015
North Korea is coming. RT @abcnews #BREAKING: Social media services Facebook and Instagram appear to be down.
— le’sky??♀️ (@LoveLeSky) January 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/Lil_Mal0/status/559965549145640961
What's going on with #Facebook and #Instagram were they hacked!?!? I can't do anything! Don't take away #Twitter too
— SassyGalBeauty (@Sassygalshops) January 27, 2015
Keep calm. Or not:
BUT GUYS IF TWITTER WENT DOWN NOW AND I LOST ALL SOCIAL MEDIA I WOULD PROBABLY ACTUALLY DIE #SocialMeltdown2015 pic.twitter.com/7d3Tp5QHol
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) January 27, 2015
Hah:
Manual Facebook Update Protocols Engaged: #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/vxxgC6CMYf
— King Podge (@kingpodge) January 27, 2015
Update: Hacker group ‘Lizard Squad’ claims credit.
https://twitter.com/LizardMafia/status/559963134006292481
https://twitter.com/LizardMafia/status/559967323189420032
Looks like #Lizardsquad has stuck again. remember XBox at Christmas – via @rConflictNews: . pic.twitter.com/ste7VpDMaz”
— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) January 27, 2015
.@Facebook has returned. Was LizardSquad really responsible about this? #latism pic.twitter.com/i4p9s75Rqn
— El Mundo Tech (@ElMundoTech) January 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/bamasevere/status/559971046099415040
Update 2:30am Eastern. Facebook and Instagram are back up.
After being offline for roughly 40 minutes, Facebook and Instagram are up and running. http://t.co/t0T5xCyBV2
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 27, 2015
Twitchy readers for the win:
@TwitchyTeam it's as if millions of Facebook/Instagram users suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
— Space Pirate Ninja Assassin ⚔️ Software Engineer (@nilgirian) January 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/EbolaOutbreakUS/status/559972277220306944
@TwitchyTeam LOL….OH NO! pic.twitter.com/mb5ZVOSdeQ
— Jody Sanchez (@jlszoom) January 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/jsfleetly/status/559971802651570176
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