Earlier this afternoon, Twitter experienced a temporary service disruption, leading to widespread panic and hair pulling. And every time something like this happens, we can’t help but wonder how Twitter fanatics manage to get through it. Fortunately for us, once things were back up and running, tweeters kindly shared their harrowing experiences:
https://twitter.com/simons_craig/status/341666136804450305
#whentwitterwasdown I sat, staring at the computer, complaining about twitter being down!
— Clemmie (@clemsmithx) June 3, 2013
#whentwitterwasdown I thought about another website which I could use and bc there wasn't any idea I thought about creating my own website
— meggi (@teentattoo) June 3, 2013
#WhenTwitterWasDown I thought about what I could do with my life.
— Dayna (@rockonxruby) June 3, 2013
#WhenTwitterWasDown I checked the news to make sure the world wasn't ending
— Pin Head Larry (@Luke_Kniep) June 3, 2013
#WhenTwitterWasDown I started to eat cause that's all I can do.
— sofia (@iHarrysEmpire) June 3, 2013
#WhenTwitterWasDown ….I helped myself to one of these! pic.twitter.com/unZpVvetNG
— Applebee's Grill + Bar (@Applebees) June 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/aquahemmings/status/341665515384762368
For some, the outage resulted in increased productivity:
https://twitter.com/nutella_power/status/341667680354435072
https://twitter.com/__jenniJ/status/341676677367226368
#WhileTwitterWasDown I had the most productive 10 minutes of revision in my life
— Thomas Shaw (@TomShaw1997) June 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/narrydab0mb/status/341666176159604736
For others, a rediscovery of their latent social skills:
https://twitter.com/Ratchetpicts/status/341662688574836737
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https://twitter.com/TeamKRISTEN4U/status/341653948421271552
#WhenTwitterWasDown I realized there's a world outside my bedroom
— Dirty dapper Dan (@deusydeus_) June 3, 2013
#WhileTwitterWasDown I called my friends and told them I was sorry for abandoning them. Then I hung up on them when Twitter came back.
— JRehling (@JRehling) June 3, 2013
OK, well, that’s something, at least. Not everyone was so lucky:
#WhileTwitterWasDown I sat in the corner of my room and cried because I have nothing else to do with my life
— lizzy ♡ (@heyimlizzy) June 3, 2013
#WhenTwitterWasDown I discovered I actually have no social life :/
— Imagine1dupdate (@imagine1Dupdate) June 3, 2013
Oof.
Something to keep in mind for the next Twitter outage:
https://twitter.com/LeeRotheram/status/341675515914100736
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