Six Hours of Social Media Disconectivity

OKAY Okay, ok, k. October 4, 2021 is a date we wont soon forget. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other apps were offline for 6 hours yesterday. So have you recovered yet? I have never seen anything like this before on social media. Now, being a working individual, there have been times where our computer systems just have not worked. When the servers and the systems are down, we just can't get our work done. We would have to be on the phone still. We would  have to apologize to all the people calling because we can't access their information. Since our systems were down, I totally understood peoples' frrustration. Going through technical difficulties on a regular computer is tough. But the internet??? Having servers go down on the internet is something that has been a little more than shocking. Dare I say, earth shattering, worldwide phenomena. People couldn't get to their games. People couldn't get to their profiles. People couldn't get to work because so many people have turned to social media as their livelihood during this pandemic. This was a global effect that lasted longer than six hours. As things slowly came back online, the tensions were up. People were trying to figure out what happened. Could this happen again? Is everything safe now? The questions were flying online the whole time. Facebook actually had to use their account on their competitor, Twitter, to tweet the fact that they were having issues. As a business, you never want to go to your competitor to reach your clients. However, the whole world was shut out. The whole world was trying to stay connected. The whole world is dependent on these few sources which you would think were separate entities. Suddenly, these conglomerates merged together. Personally, this was one of the ways I communicate with my family that is overseas. Losing that communication was devastating... even for the six hours. It was just something that was unbelievable and mind boggling. When you're dependent on reaching your family and your friends through social media, it really just makes for an indelible mark on your day. For those who actually work with the social media, who log into their apps, who take orders online from their social media, who run their businesses based on the needs of their consumers, yesterday was a horrible day. Yesterday was a day that will go down for the record books. And yesterday wa a day that won't soon be forgotten. Facebook is going through congressional hearings right now with the whistleblower (who is spilling the hottest of hot tea) it really is not good for this social media giant. This outage certainly has raised an eye as far as how we communicate. How do we stay in touch with each other? Jow do we back each other up in a situation like this? How do we make contact with the ones we love? The ones we cherish? The customers in our target market? How do we keep the commerce going? How do we keep the information flowing? How do we provide news and stories to individuals when their main source is down?  People are reevaluating some options as far as connecting throughout the world.  Take a look at your life. Were you affected by that change yesterday? Or were you hard at your essential work? Or hardly working? Were you out and about? Or will you stuck in the house? Did this outage cause you anxiety? Or did you have apathy? Were you doing something that you've loved so that you didn't even notice? Or were you so lost because you lost your connection to the world? Share your comments below. Thank you for reading this article and supporting this blogspace. Please stay safe, masked and healthy. Take Care and God Bless!!!