It almost seemed like the world was coming to an end when social media platforms Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram reported outages - or at least that’s how many users of these platforms made it seem. Several people were unable to send or receive images, videos and other files until the issue was eventually resolved. However, in their time of distress, guess where netizens turned to voice their concern and share their woes? No points for guessing, it was none other than Twitter.

The micro-blogging site is flooded with tweets about the outage. From hilarious reactions, to serious complaints, people took to Twitter to express themselves. Many couldn’t help praise Twitter for “being there”.
Here are some of the best reactions:
“We’re aware that some people are having trouble uploading or sending images, videos and other files on our apps,” Facebook had tweeted. Hours later they tweeted again confirming that the issue had been resolved.
{{/usCountry}}“We’re aware that some people are having trouble uploading or sending images, videos and other files on our apps,” Facebook had tweeted. Hours later they tweeted again confirming that the issue had been resolved.
{{/usCountry}}What did you do during the outage?