The top social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp went off at the same time for over 6 hours, leaving users confused as to what had gone wrong. Yesterday afternoon, users started complaining that no new messages were being loaded and user feeds were being disrupted on all three social media apps, all of which are owned by Facebook.
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The only major social network that was up was Twitter. As expected, people had a lot of fun swapping memes on Twitter. The social media team of the Mercedes F1 Team also took part.
Mercedes was one of us when the social media apps went down
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Mercedes tweeted this meme, created from a template from Valtteri Bottas’ reaction to the Lewis Hamilton – Max Verstappen accident at Monza, which they themselves posted a few days ago.
In the end. This is the Twitter administrator’s moment. 
– Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@ MercedesAMGF1) October 4, 2021
These tweets were released as the team slowly realized that not only WhatsApp, but Instagram and Facebook were also blacking out.
Oh no. Not even Facebook.
– Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@ MercedesAMGF1) October 4, 2021
Other F1 teams followed suit, with Alpine responding to Mercedes’ tweet.
Don’t even try to send us WhatsApp …
– Alpine F1 Team (@ AlpineF1Team) October 4, 2021
Twitter, TikTok and LinkedIn administrators are absolutely vibin ‘right now. 
– Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@ MercedesAMGF1) October 4, 2021
The other social media platforms were all active, including TikTok, LinkedIn, and, yes, Twitter.
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– Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@ MercedesAMGF1) October 4, 2021
Another fun moment was when Mercedes suddenly started tweeting random stuff after saying they were just trying to find the Mercedes MySpace password.
There were some funny answers to this thread too!
Someone made fun of Lewis’ habit of saying “Bono, my tires are gone” in some hilarious tweets.
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I mean, they say create a password that is unforgettable …
– Jonathan Hutchinson (@ JJHutch82) October 4, 2021
Mercedes even seemed to have made plans in case Twitter went down too! They sent all fans a loving tweet in which they promised that they would meet again at the Turkish GP next week.
If Twitter goes down, we’ll arrange a meeting at the 2020 Turkish GP.
– Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@ MercedesAMGF1) October 4, 2021
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However, all services resumed after a long 6 hours for EVERYONE’s relief. Even if partially partially. But something is still better than nothing.
So last night was wild. 
– Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@ MercedesAMGF1) October 5, 2021
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What do you think of Mercedes’ amusing way to pass the time while three popular social networking apps are down? Did you follow their banter on Twitter? Let us know in the comments section.
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