Instagram locks out thousands of accounts

Edward Anderson on November 7, 2022

Instagram users woke up on Monday morning to a problem with the app as thousands of people were having trouble accessing their accounts.

Users were reporting that they couldn’t access their accounts.

Meanwhile, others that weren’t affected noticed a change in the follower count.

As a result, many accounts were unknowingly suspended.

The outage

During the outage, Instagram locked out several users from accessing their accounts, most of which received the same notification:

“We suspended your account on October 31, 2022.”

Most of the affected accounts were mainly iPhone users.

Additionally, the blocked users say their app would crash and become unusable before updates.

Down Detector

A troubleshooting website that tracks app or site outages called Down Detector learned about the Instagram situation.

According to Down Detector, more than 7,000 users were reporting that the app was inactive around 10 pm.

Within 45 minutes, the number of reports dropped significantly.

Instagram responds

The photo-sharing platform addressed the issue on Twitter at 10:14 in the evening.

“We’re aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account,” Instagram wrote.

“We’re looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience.”

The platform was eventually able to resolve the situation.

“We’ve resolved this bug now,” they announced at 6 pm.

“It was causing people in different parts of the world to have issues accessing their accounts and caused a temporary change for some in number of followers. Sorry!”

The head of the platform Adam Mosseri also sent his apologies on Twitter.

Follower loss

Manchester United striker and renowned athlete Cristiano Ronaldo is a prime example of how the outage cost him millions of fans.

Around 10 in the morning, the athlete lost over 3 million followers.

He had 493 million followers the day before.

However, the issue was resolved, and Ronaldo’s follower count was restored to 493 million.

Meanwhile, the main Instagram account was also down.

It lost more than a million followers.

References:

Instagram goes down for some users

Instagram fixes outage that told millions their accounts were suspended

Elon Musk’s Manchester United purchase tweet goes viral; but it’s not serious

Jason Robinson on August 18, 2022

In the world of European football, more and more American clubs have shown interest in clubs, which Elon Musk mocked on Twitter.

It was recently reported that the Tesla founder is considering buying English club Manchester United.

The tweet

On Wednesday, Elon Musk posted a series of tweets sharing plans to free Manchester United from the Glazer family.

“Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur [sic] welcome,” he tweeted.

The reaction

Musk’s tweet received hundreds of thousands of likes and caused various reactions. Fans of the English club were eager to buy, while others were less enthusiastic.

Former club rival and Dutch winger Ryan Babel replied: “Now i need to buy Man United stock got dammit lol.”

User CCFCDUBo joined the hype by saying, “McTominay being subbed off for one of Elon Musk’s robots before HT will be comical.”

User Xirociroc also joked, tweeting a photo of striker Cristiano Ronaldo with the caption:

“Elon Musk programming Ronaldo to go back to his prime years #MUFC.”

Elaboration

Manchester United are currently worth around $ 4.6 billion and with Musk’s net worth of $ 270 billion, it would have been a dream come true after years of seeing the once prestigious club destroyed.

Musk then made it clear that he was joking.

“No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter,” he explained. “I’m not buying any sports team.”

Musk also said cabaret was his side business. However, he revealed he was a long-time Red Devils fan.

“Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. They were my fav [sic] team as a kid.”

Manchester United

The English club did not comment.

On the contrary, the club seem as focused on improvement as they were last year when United missed an opportunity to play in the Champions League.

The club tried to make up for that and showed promising performances in pre-season games. However, since the beginning of the season it has gotten worse.

Despite new manager Erik Ten Hag applying new strategies, Manchester United are at the bottom of the table with two defeats.

To add salt to the wound, rumors continue to circulate about the departure of the champion Cristiano Ronaldo, while the new signings have not materialized.

As a result, fans get even more excited when they see their beloved club kick off the season in a humiliating way.

The shape of the club

Manchester United have been on a downward spiral since iconic manager Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. Others blame the Glazer family, whose club ownership began in 2005.

Since then, there have been protests against the Glazers’ ownership.

Conclusion

Many are desperate for new owners to take over and repair the damage done to the Glazers.

Elon Musk’s tweet sparked hope for many.

Although initially a joke, his status as a United fan may someday become a reality.

References:

Elon Musk sends social media into frenzy with Twitter joke about buying Man Utd

Elon Musk claims he’s ‘buying Manchester United’