Instagram briefly went down
Instagram briefly went down on Friday.
The Facebook-owned social media app didn't load for numerous users across the globe for at least fifteen minutes. Visitors to the website were greeted with the message "5xx Server Error," while the mobile app brought up the error message "Couldn't refresh feed" when users tried to load new photos.
*checks Twitter to see if Instagram is down* #Instagramdown
- 9GAG (@9GAG) April 1, 2016
*goes on Twitter to check if Instagram is down for anyone else*
- ? (@Vrstry) April 1, 2016
Instagram is down!!
No one is going to know what I had for breakfast#instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/3dZ48dB3fn
- Liam Doolan (@_liamdoolan) April 1, 2016
As of publication time, this journalist's Instagram was working again - though many on social media are still reporting outages.
Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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