Facebook, Instagram users are taking it to Twitter after the social media websites stopped working again after an outage across the globe.
When some users attempted to load the platform on desktops and mobile, a message appeared saying: “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.”
What? LOL again? @facebook pic.twitter.com/DpgegwZiEd
— Pam (@pamsareesuth) July 17, 2019
@Facebook is weirdly down. What is really going on? pic.twitter.com/rADxXnfz9E
— Sheffie Robinson (@SheffieCochran) July 17, 2019
Instagram is apparently experiencing another outage. While not all accounts appear to be affected, some users are getting error messages on both the app and desktop version of the social network, which has been plagued with outages in recent weeks. Reports of the outage first started to pop up on Twitter, which users groaning about the social network’s frequent errors as of late.
i can’t even log into my instagram, it keeps saying ERROR fix this!! pic.twitter.com/CwQe4du8Su
— hamarii (@hamari_h) July 17, 2019
Instagram down again⁉️🤦🏾♂️ at this point throw it away.
— Deejay (@deejaythekid_) July 17, 2019
Can someone develop a new social media… I’m tired of Instagram always down!!!!
— ♕VANE✌️ (@Oh_shecolombian) July 17, 2019
We’re currently running a test that hides the total number of likes and video views for some people in the following countries:
✅ Australia
✅ Brazil
✅ Canada
✅ Ireland
✅ Italy
✅ Japan
✅ New Zealand pic.twitter.com/2OdzpIUBka— Instagram (@instagram) July 17, 2019
We’re looking forward to learning more about how this change might benefit everyone’s experience on Instagram.
— Instagram (@instagram) July 17, 2019
The social network is testing out a system in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan and New Zealand that would remove the publicly displayed like counter from photos. Users will still be able to see the amount of likes on their own photos, but no one else can.