If you’re a millennial who loves to see pictures of other people’s lunches, chances are you were in for a rough evening as Instagram was experiencing a few problems.
When selfie-lovers tried to scroll through their Insta-feed, many found that the app wasn’t working. Obviously, people responded in a calm and measured way…yeah, right.
Waiting for Instagram to come back like…. #instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/Yv1ZcI6OVQ
— ???????? (@RyanNorth00) April 24, 2017
#instagramdown pic.twitter.com/TNSFJPIlSo
— Javier Alonso Nadal (@charada1957) April 24, 2017
First, people thought that it was just them experiencing problems.
I literally nearly broke my phone trying to make Instagram work not realising it's down for everyone ffs x
— Adam Waithe (@AdamWaithe) April 24, 2017
yes instagram is down it's not just you
— kali (@kaliistallman) April 24, 2017
Then, everyone seemed to turn to other forms of social media to really get to the bottom of things.
Im glad im not the only one who comes on Twitter to see if instagram is down ???? #instagram
— Lauren Turner (@laurenvturner70) April 24, 2017
Good to know I'm not the only one who comes to Twitter to check if #instagram is really down or if it's just me!! pic.twitter.com/SxZ90N575W
— Ner the Witch ?? (@LeonorNer) April 24, 2017
When Instagram is down and you just sit on twitter looking for other Insta users as lonely as you
— Lizzie Arkell (@LizzieArkell) April 24, 2017
Despite being able to tweet, people just didn’t know what to do with themselves.
#Instagram is down? But where will I post my over edited photos of stuff no one cares about.
— David Bedwell (@DavidBedwell) April 24, 2017
Many felt absolutely bereft in this new, momentarily Instagram-less world.
#instagram is down! pic.twitter.com/xw8s9zv75G
— Juan manuel (@juancho0929) April 24, 2017
Instagram is down. We have water and enough food rations to make it a few days but please send help.
— Freedom Fry (@freedomfrymusic) April 24, 2017
Everyone when Instagran was down! ?? #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/eD0Ng86Rbe
— Kiran Khokhar (@IndianChicdotIn) April 24, 2017
Admittedly, it was one age group in particular that was hit the hardest by the loss of this app.
#InstagramDown, the millennial sequel to "Black Hawk Down".
— Sonja (@AirAeon) April 24, 2017
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
My friend just facetimed me and described a meme to me while instagram was down???? #instagramdown #realfriend
— Aaron Kassai (@kassai_aron) April 24, 2017
Luckily, Instagram seems to be up and running again, so you can proceed with hours of meme and selfie-filled scrolling. Phew.
