Facebook, Instagram Outages Reported Worldwide
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Some Facebook and Instagram users around the globe were left feeling empty when their favorite social media networks went down for several hours Wednesday.
Many turned to Twitter to voice their frustration and panic as the two popular social media networks started experiencing outages worldwide mid-morning.
refresh refresh refresh. turn off wifi. turn on wifi. refresh. google search "is Facebook down" #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/w0dKa3YGek
— Fern Photography (@AmberFernPhoto) October 11, 2017
Facebook is down and thousands suddenly don't know what to do on their lunch break#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/kViVbfydSY
— Josh K. Elliott (@joshkelliott) October 11, 2017
Yes, Facebook is down. Stop looking at your phone and say hi to your neighbor. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/2vxSMwo8hk
— Todd Carruth (@toddcarruth) October 11, 2017
Facebook is down, I repeat Facebook is down. *Runs to Twitter to check it's not just me* #Facebook #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/qy5NHipb4y
— Sean Wilson (@SeanDailyTweets) October 11, 2017
When facebook is down and you don't know what to do with your life.#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/lhq0U71iKI
— Ayesha Mehar (@theayeshamehar) October 11, 2017
"Hello darkness my old friend"#facebookdown #facebook
— Mr.Blaze (@Mr_Blaze_Red) October 11, 2017
I don't know where to waste my time!! pic.twitter.com/NiJrKVJrPN
OMG Facebook is down and I can't even post it on Facebook! #facebookdown
— Ashley Rupp (@reininginmom) October 11, 2017
When you're a #SocialMediaManager and Facebook stops working. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/mMDLp9LDHq
— Danielle DeSimone (@thedanideee) October 11, 2017
Down Detector, which monitors outage complaints online, said they saw more than 12,000 reports of problems with Facebook, with some users seeing blank pages and others receiving error messages, while more than 2,500 problems were reported with Instagram.
A Facebook spokesperson told Mashable that most of the issues had been resolved by 2:35 p.m. EST.