You wake up, you think, oh, it's a normal day. Bam. Facebook, Instagram, down. The horror. What do you do? What do you do? What can you do? Is it the end of the world? No. Really? Total shocker. If you're unable to access your Facebook or Instagram right now, it is not just you, it is across the board. So deep breaths
And I've sort of backed off from the platform I use the most, which would be Instagram for other reasons that don't need explaining at the moment. But I'm usually trying to find conversations here or on clubhouse. And there is this ebb and flow of. I don't know if I would call it withdrawal
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 2:22
And of course it was like the end of the world for his 14 year old life. Now by the time we got in front of the school, he had service again. All was right in the world. It did not impact my phone. Now, all this time, I still did not know that it was an AT and T wireless blackout. So I was just teasing him that it was because he had a lower grade phone than I did because he's always asking for an upgrade
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:32
They're going to have vision problems and other stuff and a matter of concentration because people can't seem to concentrate and look at their phones at the same time. Wow, Facebook was down. Oh, my gosh. What am I going to do? The world's coming to an end. I can't get on Facebook or please
Neena Maiya
@neenamaiya · 0:20
Honestly, I didn't even know it was down. I I was wondering, why is everybody saying Facebook and Instagram are down? I didn't even notice I was doing other stuff. Ha
Natasha Nurse
@DressingRoom8 · 1:26
And I am curious, though, you piqued my interest by you're saying that you're not necessarily using Instagram a lot, but I'm curious if you felt comfortable at another point, sharing why? I'm always interested in how people use social media and what's working, what's not working as a content creator would love to hear your thoughts on that. Thanks
Natasha Nurse
@DressingRoom8 · 1:53
I still remember Facebook when it was the Facebook, right, and the only people who could join were college kids, which is when I joined. So I've been rocking with them for quite a long time. So I'm a huge fan of social media generally, but more so, I guess I do have an allegiance or a connection to Facebook
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Natasha Nurse
@DressingRoom8 · 3:22
So it's very much trigger induced and it's like reactive as opposed to proactive, which then causes the havoc and the challenge and the frustration. But you're absolutely right, there's a million other things you could do before getting onto social media. There's also a million other things you can do even when you have access to social media. This is a choice
Natasha Nurse
@DressingRoom8 · 1:00
I thought it was just me and I was just having a freak out of like why is this happening? And really just feeling disconnected from the comfort of my expectation. And as they say, expectation is a thief of joy and lesson learned for the 15th thousandth time. And until you learn the lesson, life will keep repeating the lesson for you and or humbling, humbling you to finally get it in our thick heads. So ha. Indeed. Thanks for sharing
And I don't want necessarily, you know, when the rubber necking of looking at something when you're driving by. And it's not necessarily that you like what you're looking at, it just caught your attention for whatever reason. And I think sometimes posts can do that on Instagram, but I'm not really interested or there's a one off
Natasha Nurse
@DressingRoom8 · 1:25
It. Thank you for your thoughtful swell. I knew that your response was going to be thought provoking because that's the kind of content you create. And thank you. I think that that's really meaningful and helpful for people, not only myself to hear, but others who listen in on this conversation. Because it is hard. As a content creator, it's super easy to get caught up in how many likes and how many listens and how many follows
