by Angela V For most of the morning and now most of the afternoon, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have been down for thousands of users today, all over the world, including me.
I woke up this morning to my usual morning routine, which usually includes checking my social media accounts, posting, and sharing online. While drinking my morning coffee, I was shocked to find that I could not access my social media accounts, fearing my accounts were deleted or hacked somehow first, then thinking my WiFi service was not working. I later realized I was not the only one, and news outlets were reporting a widespread outage.
I must confess at the beginning I kept checking my phone regularly to see if the social media networks were up and running again. But I wouldn’t say I liked the feeling. It was like something important was missing. Like I was missing something, and I was left out. Not a good feeling.
Thinking about how often I kept checking to see if things were up again, I also realized how much of my time went to checking and updating my social media accounts every day. How many hours do I spend on social media? Unfortunately, the answer is way too many.
With Instagram and Facebook down today, I was suddenly FREE! I realize I have a lot more time in my day than I usually think.
By putting my phone down and not going on social media, I could finish way more things off my to-do list this morning. I went for a longer than usual walk with my dog and didn’t feel guilty that I was missing on working or posting sponsored content on the apps. It felt liberating!
Taking breaks off of social media is very healthy. Focusing on real-life, the things you have in front of you, instead of the virtual world, can feel good!!
I have to say my day so far has been fulfilling, and after my initial shock and feeling of loss, I see getting over the addictive feeling of checking and posting on social all the time can be very rewarding.
I am not sure when Facebook and Instagram will be online once again, but I am enjoying the time away for now.
I am taking this as a social media detox.
See you all on social once everything is running again. Bye for now!
15 Comments on “Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Are Down, The Positive Side!”
I did not even notice until half way through the day – I think I was cleaning – but I will say I enjoyed the break – I think they should shut them down every Sunday – make it a mandatory detox for us all
I can honestly say that I did not even notice… LOL! But I love periods of no tech or social media.
This is when you realize how often you are using them.
I spend WAY to much time on social and the recent experience with Instagram disabling my account for NO reason really showed me how much I relied on social and how much apart of my life it is. I gotta say I dont like the feeling. I wish I could just keep away for a day . Actually go through a whole day without it. unfortunately it just too hard for me to do
Was nice to take a break from those apps when they were down!
It was a very weird feeling and I felt lost at first, but on the plus side I was able to get some work done that I kept putting off
a detox is always great, interesting to see what a scrolling zombie i am most days.
I remember that day! I got tons of this done. lol
Social media breaks are a must! It’s a great way to recharge and give your eyes a rest from the screen.
I need this gift because Afghanistan is so bad
At first I thought it was just me also but eventually found out this was way bigger. I am trying to spend less time on facebook these days as I realized it was taking up a good chunk of time.
I love Instagram and always check a bunch of various features about how to save some stories. For this reason ig video downloader is the best solution if you are considering to use a modern and really effective tool that will help with it.
I’ve noticed more than once that after major technical issues on Instagram, statistics display strangely for a while. Some people’s subscriptions disappear, while others later reappear. Therefore, I wouldn’t jump to conclusions if the numbers suddenly look different after a recovery.
In such situations, to avoid guessing and panicking over skewed analytics, you can use recentlyfollowed . These tools make it much easier to track real activity. You can see recent subscriptions, changes to lists, and precise account dynamics without relying on temporary Instagram bugs. After major outages, Meta usually rolls back databases and normalizes metrics, but this can be quite frustrating.
In such situations, to avoid guessing and panicking over skewed analytics, you can use recentlyfollowed . These tools make it much easier to track real activity. You can see recent subscriptions, changes to lists, and precise account dynamics without relying on temporary Instagram bugs. After major outages, Meta usually rolls back databases and normalizes metrics, but this can be quite frustrating.