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Instagram Goes Down, Users Freak Out About Not Being Able To Post Food Pics
It was Instagramageddon this morning as there was an issue with the feed delivery (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Social media sites are like identical twins—any time there’s a problem on one site, the other feels its pain.Instagram users took to Twitter to complain and make jokes when the beloved photo-sharing app had a problem with feed delivery Saturday, Mashable reports. Instagram said via Twitter that they were working on the problem:
The downed app caused a flurry of users to wonder what to do with the food they just made or ordered, as Gizmodo points out:
Instagram is down? What am I supposed to do with my food? Eat it?
— Mr. Drinks On Me (@Mr_DrinksOnMe) April 12, 2014
Instagram is down and my food is getting cold.
— Sibongile Mafu (@sboshmafu) April 12, 2014
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A lot of people are starving to death right now bec they can't eat a food that hasn't been posted on Instagram yet. 🍲 #instagramnotworking
— JET (@JETTYFIERCE) April 12, 2014
Coffee.
— James Guigayoma (@mr_guigayoma) April 12, 2014
Viewed from above.
Natural wood table.
Sunlight from the Northeast.
There's a small shadow inside the cup.
Teaspoon askew.#nofilter
How the hell am I supposed to show you how succulent this chicken breast is if Instagram is down?!?
— DJ SPINBAD (@djspinbad) April 12, 2014
In a fancy restaurant
— Pinot W. Ichwandardi (@pinot) April 12, 2014
“Dear, you haven’t touch your food for hour.”
“I know. Instagram is down..”
Instagram is still down. Looks like I'm spending the night driving round friends' houses asking to look at their dinners again.
— Dave Turner (@mrdaveturner) April 12, 2014
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Instagram is down! Please call me and describe your Starbucks cup to me. #instagram
— The Great and Powerful Woz (@RobotMonsieur) April 12, 2014
There’s no word yet if the problem has been fixed, but before you go blaming all those peeps in Aztec prints at Coachella for over-gramming, it’s not their fault, according to TMZ. Maybe we’ll just have to accept blame as a united human race, given how terribly some people have been using the app lately. Or we can ignore it for a while and go outside and live our lives. Wishful thinking?
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