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[–] witnessradiant650@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no, they'll have to experience real life.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 18 hours ago

Nocody will "like" them in a couple of hours. We may have a national crisis on our hands.

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago
[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

Fucking great.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Wake me when it’s permanent

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 3 points 19 hours ago
[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 7 points 23 hours ago

Absolute pandemonium for infuencers

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 36 points 1 day ago

And nothing of value is lost.

[–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 72 points 1 day ago
[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 118 points 1 day ago (3 children)

“For thousands” is a fucking rounding error in services with about a billion accounts and DAU in hundreds of millions.

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Exactly, “there are dozens of us” was my first thought.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

how is this even news, did someone pay for this.

[–] Syndication@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

The rest were bots so they weren't counted

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

omg THOUSANDS of their billions of users??

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Billions are also thousands! 😅

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 63 points 1 day ago

It happens. Just temporarily switch to another instance
Oh, wait...

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 55 points 1 day ago
[–] V382CAR@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 day ago

Sadly it didn't stay down.

[–] oats@piefed.zip 26 points 1 day ago

Thousands of users world wide, that's like multiple users per country, oh no!

[–] tirateimas@lemmy.pt 13 points 1 day ago
[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago
[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

OMFG!!!!!!!!

[–] xSikes@feddit.online 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thousands of users? When zero?

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

We won't hear about it though.

[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago
[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

oh no! the apocalypse has started !! /s

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

I was just sharing hat would happen if whatapp and other services went down....Interesting. Guess we see what happends live!

[–] BottleBoardBakon@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

And nothing of value was lost.

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] mynameisbob@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Glory,Glory, Hallelujah

[–] Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Time for some people to touch grass

[–] aim4harmony@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Breathe air and feel the sunshine, too.

[–] Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Syndication@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago