It seems that people are addicted to social media – it has become an ever-present crutch in people’s lives. People prefer one or the other platform, depending upon age, likes and dislikes. For instance, Instagram and Snapchat are the preferred options for younger people while Facebook is thought of as being the choice of older people. And then there is Twitter where birds of all feathers congregate --- particularly when one or another platform is down.
Instagram users experienced an outage at about 7 PM IST which affected users globally according to reports. Technical issues were behind the outage.
Many people use Instagram principally for the messaging feature so they noticed.
This is the second time this month that Instagram was down.
This platform is now being viewed as less reliable than some others such as Twitter and Spotify.
Users tried the usual ways to get the app to respond.
They were deeply affected by the outage and were relieved to know that the problem wasn’t at their end.
As soon as Instagram was down, the memes started on Twitter. Soon #InstagramDown was trending. This is pretty much a given.
Don’t restart or reinstall the app, don’t restart the Wi-Fi or phone. Just check on Twitter.
Though there are many who are Instagram loyalists, an outage will make them migrate – at least for the time being.
They are not on Instagram so it made no difference to their day or indeed life.
This is apparently the best way to know if one’s preferred social media platform is down – check on another social media platform.
There are people who practically live on Instagram or owe their fame in large part to the platform. Obviously, they were upset.
But it’s not there.
Some people found that the outage was longer than expected.
Some users feel while bereft now with #InstagramDown. That is a little sad.
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