People Lost Their Minds When These Popular Websites Went Down

When Facebook Went Offline, the World Nearly Lost It

Source: Facebook

In January 2015, the most popular website in the world went down for about 40 minutes and people nearly lost their minds. We’re talking about Facebook, of course. Lizard Squad, a hacking group, was reportedly responsible for the not-so-cool crash. When the social media giant disappeared for a bit, millions flocked to its competitor, Twitter. The hashtags #facebookdown, #RIPFACEBOOK and #ThingsIDidWhenFacebookWasDown quickly started to trend.

#ThingsIDidWhenFacebookWasDown Wasted minutes of my wild and precious life on #Twitter, instead of wasting them on #Facebook. #facebookdown

? David Ruggero (@ThatSeattleGuy) January 27, 2015

#facebookdown #ripfacebook

? Nathan Seyeau (@NathanSeyeau) January 27, 2015

#ThingsIDidWhenFacebookWasDown Took a photo of my food and showed it to my friends in person to get Likes. #FacebookDown

? mrbrown (@mrbrown) January 27, 2015