by Angela V For most of the morning and now most of the afternoon, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have been down for thousands of users today, all over the world, including me.
I woke up this morning to my usual morning routine, which usually includes checking my social media accounts, posting, and sharing online. While drinking my morning coffee, I was shocked to find that I could not access my social media accounts, fearing my accounts were deleted or hacked somehow first, then thinking my WiFi service was not working. I later realized I was not the only one, and news outlets were reporting a widespread outage.
I must confess at the beginning I kept checking my phone regularly to see if the social media networks were up and running again. But I wouldn’t say I liked the feeling. It was like something important was missing. Like I was missing something, and I was left out. Not a good feeling.
Thinking about how often I kept checking to see if things were up again, I also realized how much of my time went to checking and updating my social media accounts every day. How many hours do I spend on social media? Unfortunately, the answer is way too many.
With Instagram and Facebook down today, I was suddenly FREE! I realize I have a lot more time in my day than I usually think.
By putting my phone down and not going on social media, I could finish way more things off my to-do list this morning. I went for a longer than usual walk with my dog and didn’t feel guilty that I was missing on working or posting sponsored content on the apps. It felt liberating!
Taking breaks off of social media is very healthy. Focusing on real-life, the things you have in front of you, instead of the virtual world, can feel good!!
I have to say my day so far has been fulfilling, and after my initial shock and feeling of loss, I see getting over the addictive feeling of checking and posting on social all the time can be very rewarding.
I am not sure when Facebook and Instagram will be online once again, but I am enjoying the time away for now.
I am taking this as a social media detox.
See you all on social once everything is running again. Bye for now!
12 Comments on “Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Are Down, The Positive Side!”
I did not even notice until half way through the day – I think I was cleaning – but I will say I enjoyed the break – I think they should shut them down every Sunday – make it a mandatory detox for us all
I can honestly say that I did not even notice… LOL! But I love periods of no tech or social media.
This is when you realize how often you are using them.
I spend WAY to much time on social and the recent experience with Instagram disabling my account for NO reason really showed me how much I relied on social and how much apart of my life it is. I gotta say I dont like the feeling. I wish I could just keep away for a day . Actually go through a whole day without it. unfortunately it just too hard for me to do
Was nice to take a break from those apps when they were down!
It was a very weird feeling and I felt lost at first, but on the plus side I was able to get some work done that I kept putting off
a detox is always great, interesting to see what a scrolling zombie i am most days.
I remember that day! I got tons of this done. lol
Social media breaks are a must! It’s a great way to recharge and give your eyes a rest from the screen.
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At first I thought it was just me also but eventually found out this was way bigger. I am trying to spend less time on facebook these days as I realized it was taking up a good chunk of time.
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