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Kate Plummer
Oct 13, 2021
After several hours of Snapchat being among the many platforms to experience major outages, users can rejoice as the issue has been fixed!
Snapchat Support took to their official Twitter to tweet the following: “The issue has been fixed! If you’re still having trouble, please let us know. Happy Snapping!”
Website and app monitor Down Detector registered tens of thousands of reports from Snapchat users on Wednesday and the official Snapchat Support account on Twitter posted: “We’re aware that some Snapchatters are having issues using the app right now - hang tight, we’re looking into it!” after people took to social media to complain about the issue.
The news, of course, came just a week after Facebook was hit by issues across all of its apps, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger for over six hours.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson from the app told the Independent that the cause was unknown and the problem did not affect all app users.
So, as people were forced to go outside into the *shudder* real world once more, here are some of the best memes and reactions to the problem.
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People joked that they were forced to turn to Twitter – both to find out what was going on and to provide alternative social media – due to the outage:
Everybody heading to Twitter cuz Snapchat down https://t.co/WKAhBPWhcY— 𝙿𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚘☄️🚀 (@𝙿𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚘☄️🚀) 1634130078
#snapchatdown me running to Twitter to see if my data is broken or if Snapchat is down https://t.co/8jtOj9nOAm— TreySongz (@TreySongz) 1634130523
everyone running to Twitter to make sure their Snapchat isn’t the only one that’s acting up #snapchatdown https://t.co/UiLPWjS8eP— jordan :) (@jordan :)) 1634131627
me coming to twitter to see wtf is up with snapchat #snapchatdown https://t.co/JeGwWiWlXF— ken/ophelia (@ken/ophelia) 1634131051
Indeed, they remarked that Twitter has been one of the only major platforms to keep chugging on lately, given the issues with Facebook and its platforms:
Snapchat and others going down leaving twitter standing like https://t.co/YVtFOxlDfO— tubs•🇬🇭 (@tubs•🇬🇭) 1634130340
Snapchat down again : the only ones who never disappointed me #snapchatdown https://t.co/CNbB4wTxjd— Kavish vora (@Kavish vora) 1634128465
Snapchat also goes down and Twitter remains undefeated. #Snapchat https://t.co/z32be1sH1R— ٰ (@ٰ) 1634130615
Others joked that Snapchat being down was the real reason people had ignored their messages:
thank god it’s just because of snapchat being down i thought she didn’t like me for a sec https://t.co/rYDPpr1lsx— Cam☔️ (@Cam☔️) 1634130638
Thank god it’s just snapchat that’s down, I thought she didn’t like me #snapchatdown https://t.co/auO0eulBCn— sami taha (@sami taha) 1634129727
And more people were concerned that they would lose their messaging streaks with their friends:
Snapchat users rn afraid of losing their streaks 😪 #snapchatdown https://t.co/BDIET3wMYC— Mr. Addy✊🏼 (@Mr. Addy✊🏼) 1634131301
Snapchat users rn afraid of losing their streaks: #snapchatdown https://t.co/PZL4sULD26— ẰｱǐʄẰʄṘǐĐëŸ (@ẰｱǐʄẰʄṘǐĐëŸ) 1634130506
Y’all can’t fix the app, but you have the damn nerve to send the timers as if it’s my fault. You best believe I’m c… https://t.co/HjOA09yW5C— Sammie (@Sammie) 1634130775
In general, people were utterly frustrated:
Snapchat is always down at the worst possible times https://t.co/DJDihCm2eO— 𝔈𝔪𝔪𝔞🧛🏻♀️💗 (@𝔈𝔪𝔪𝔞🧛🏻♀️💗) 1634130277
Me waiting for Snapchat to come back : https://t.co/crUHMkfPWO— 11:59 (@11:59) 1634131450
Thank goodness it is back.
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