Every morning, I would go on YouTube and get my daily dose of Philip De Franco’s news coverage. But earlier today, I couldn’t access the platform for some weird reason—maybe my Internet connection was slow? Nope, social media told me that YouTube was actually down. Damn.
According to The Verge, “YouTube is experiencing a major outage” across all its platforms like YouTube Music and YouTube TV. After being down for an hour or two, it looks like videos can be played normally again. But the reactions to the outage are still golden, and we’re here to show you the various stages of freaking-out from users.
The withdrawal was real
WAIT YOUTUBE IS GOING TO BE DOWN FOR THE WHOLE DAY TOMORROW? #YouTubeDOWN
This will soon be humanity, good luck on your hunger games, may the odds be in favor with you.
I am not going to survive the first 1 minute. pic.twitter.com/GRV7b0bKw3
— Anon⁷🧈 (@STAEBERRYKOOK) October 17, 2018
Every impatient millennial YouTube star tonight. pic.twitter.com/vXg6u4SYWQ
— Jesse Lifson (@DoYouEvenLif) October 17, 2018
So was desperation
Yes, our @YouTube is down, too. No, please don't call 911 – we can't fix it.
— Philadelphia Police (@PhillyPolice) October 17, 2018
Side note: Were people really calling 911?!
Every other video platform: “This is our chance!”
*youtube goes down*
Dailymotion,Vimeo,Facebook Videos:#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/RxtMez7asL
— Ricardo Joseph (@RicardoJoseph05) October 17, 2018
And then there’s Disney advertising their new movie
It wasn't us 😅 #YouTubeDown. Disney's #RalphBreaksTheInternet coming to cinemas November 21. Learn more: https://t.co/w4OaTY3zS0 pic.twitter.com/CWivGo5MJ2
— Disney Studios Philippines (@DisneyStudiosPH) October 17, 2018
Their marketing team deserves a promotion.
YouTubers already rethinking their careers
ok well i'm gonna go re apply at pacsun #YouTubeDOWN
— tana mongeau (@tanamongeau) October 17, 2018
YouTube stars logging onto Twitter due to the crash. #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/PZ0nO1PpDZ
— Jesse Lifson (@DoYouEvenLif) October 17, 2018
Every famous YouTube star wondering if their fame carries over to Twitter………#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/EvtvfSuiEj
— Jesse Lifson (@DoYouEvenLif) October 17, 2018
Wishful thinking that all the bad will be gone
A concept: #YouTubeDOWN but literally everyone toxic is banished and it’s suddenly 2014 again and YouTube is all about fun and rainbows. pic.twitter.com/Vq7gKdm5f4
— Mister Preda (@MisterPreda) October 17, 2018
When it was finally back and everyone breathed a sigh of relief
https://twitter.com/GlueNotGlitter/status/1052392087482585089
And someone’s already writing a short memoir on how they survived
https://twitter.com/GRANDESDEVOTlON/status/1052394890708090881
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How about you? How did you feel when YouTube went down? Comment down below or tweet us at @preenph!
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