Tweets, Interrupted: What Can You Say if Twitter’s Down?

This Tuesday, another major Twitter outage hit worldwide. The much-loved social media network started working an hour later, but still with glitches, including in the search system. The latter made it especially hard to look for funny tweets, but we’ve pulled through.

Tweeters expressed their joy that the microblog’s back online, shared their tales of despair without it and showed off their sense of humor.

BREAKING NEWS: Twitter is down. Worker productivity hits record levels. UK is out of recession!!! #twitterdown

— E4 (@E4Tweets) January 19, 2016

No, Twitter was down. https://t.co/MZqMfolhMS

— sarah (@SarahDuggers) January 19, 2016

Twitter was down for so long… I'm still crying 😭😭😭

— Daan Jordens (@DaanJordens) January 19, 2016

#twitterdown Twitter blocked for hours, people down in the street and asks to be followed

— Funny Jokes (@BarzFunnyJokes) January 19, 2016

When Twitter was down… #twitterdown pic.twitter.com/iyQwC0dlA0

— Digital Spy (@digitalspy) January 19, 2016

​Use the time Twitter is down wisely, spend it with your loved ones.

When Twitter was down I was reduced to talking to my fiancé. He seems like a really nice guy.

— Periwinkle Jones (@peachesanscream) January 19, 2016

During the hour that Twitter was down, I was surprised to discover that I have a wife and two young children.

— Nick Harvey (@mrnickharvey) January 19, 2016

​And, of course, the paradox that awes everyone time and time again:

HOW is #twitterdown trending if Twitter is down?????

— nicole ❄️ (@idknicole19) January 19, 2016