‘I see dead people’: How Skype outage ‘ruined’ people’s lives on Monday
When popular communications platform Skype suddenly went down globally on Monday, numerous users found themselves in a total void. And social media immediately burst forth with funny posts using the #skypedown hashtag.
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DREAMS COME TRUE FINALLY I'M GOING TO SKYPE WITH LUENNA AND AGNEZ I FEEL SO??? pic.twitter.com/1YD56eyGUj
— hamgyuna nana (@ilychangbum) September 21, 2015Skype is down and I just discovered I don't have @peraldon number and he isn't responding to DM. HELP. JED
— Gizzy (@gizzy14gazza) September 21, 2015Skype is dying and all of my friends are logging in as offline
I SEE DEAD PEOPLE
— Crusher-P (@CCrusherP) September 21, 2015Some Skype users believed the glitch to be somehow connected to the Apocalypse caused by Skynet from the famous 'Terminator' movie franchise.
#SkypeDown. Looks like #skynet took over control. Time to find a #bunker.
— Stefan Roo (@stefan_roo) September 21, 2015@Skype is down, the End is Nigh! #apocalypse#skynet
— aIck (@aIcktastic) September 21, 2015@CallumMatt SKYPE IS DONEZO WITH HUMANS TODAY, TONIGHT SKYNET F IGHTS BACK !
— Regalia (@RegaliaGG) September 21, 2015#skype is down worldwide. I guess #skynet finally took over the world. We better start reprogramming T-1000s right away … #skypedown
— Mesterton (@mesterton) September 21, 2015Others wrote they had a really productive morning without being distracted by the application.
#Skype is down and I'm having a really productive morning. Coincidence, right?
— Gavin Mills (@EpiphanyG) September 21, 2015#skype is down. Better go to the loft and talk nicely to the racing pigeons
— Jean Wolfe (@jeanspark) September 21, 2015
