As most of us in an unhealthy relationship with the internet are aware, this morning several major websites went down, including Amazon, Reddit, and the UK government. It even got BuzzFeed.
The glitch has been attributed to an issue with internet content delivery network Fastly, which said on its website that the company had identified and fixed the issue.
Through the outage, one site that managed to remain standing was Twitter, where people were full of commentary as events unfolded.
Regular internet users heading to Twitter while half the internet is down
First, there was panic.
Internet is down. huge web outage going on right now. Reddit is Down Twitch is Down Amazon is Down. and many others. It’s TIME TO PANIC
twitter right now #internetDown
THE INTERNET IS BROKEEEENNNN! ITS THE APOCALYPSE!
The internet currently like: #internetdown #cyberattack
Then came the blame game.
Has Piers blamed Meghan yet? #InternetDown
Must've been what happened #Redditdown #internetdown
Me on my first day at #Fastly: What does this button do? The internet:
Some poor soul at Fastly right now... #hugops
Developers at @fastly right now 👨💻 #fastly #internetdown #InternetShutdown
Just waiting on this guy to find the solution to the internet going down… #CyberAttack
The moment felt like a chance to heal and reconnect — have important conversations, potentially go outside and smell the fresh air.
Half the internet is down, nature is healing itself 🌱
Maybe the internet is also experiencing burnout? We should all probably come off it and allow it to do some self-care.
With the internet being down guess it’s time to go outside
The internet being down means I'm contractually obligated to post this
Or just stay on Twitter and enjoy the commentary.
Twitter surviving the internet apocalypse
Some people insisted on working around the outage, which had its own outcomes.
the verge is down bc The Internet is broke so theyre updating via google docs but forgot to disable editing
.@verge did NOT think this through #internetdown
Books would NEVER.
Do you know what never gets Error 503 Service Unavailable messages? That's right, BOOKS. https://t.co/Sid1QSBmJ5
🥁
More like interNOT, amirite? #internetdown
It was fun while it lasted! Now, back to doomscrolling.