- Meta reacted to the global disconnect experienced by users of social networking platforms Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday
- It was reported that some users were able to access their accounts within an hour of the incident, which had affected many businesses
- However, some X users who reacted to Andy Stone’s post about the development said it doesn’t speak well of Meta talking to its users on a competing platform
Instagram and Facebook are down and millions of users on the world’s social media platforms faced Tuesday, March 5.
According Reutersoutage tracking website Downdetector.com confirmed the development.
The site noted that hundreds of thousands of users on Facebook and Instagram were unable to access their accounts as a result of the incident.
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Meta reacts as Facebook and Instagram fall globally
In a tweet by Andy Stone, the spokesperson for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, took to Twitter on social media X, saying:
“We know people are having trouble accessing our services. We’re working on it now.”
According CNNseveral affected users on Facebook and Instagram had started crashing within an hour of experiencing the outages.
Some users found they were logged out of their Facebook accounts, while others were notified on Instagram that “something went wrong” and their feeds could not be loaded.
Meta speaks to users on the competitor’s platform
A number of users took to Stone’s comment period on X to react to the tweet.
Shunyaa00 wondered why Meta would use its competitor’s platform to inform its users about current challenges. The user wrote:
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“META uses X to inform its users that Facebook and Instagram are down.”
Another user, thatninetykid, said:
“You will intervene harder in the elections this year”
StockMKTNewz commented:
“For a minute, I thought I got banned or something.”
Cool Christian Engineer tweeted:
“It’s so hilarious that you’re telling us this through another platform – this is your competitor and it’s ruining the meta.”
Linklevosstwins also said:
“The world is temporarily a much better place.”
Check out Andy Stone’s tweet here:
Source: Legit.ng