No, it wasn’t just you. This morning (June 27), Slack went down for about three hours. Slack reports the outage is over, so you can stop forming tribes, barricading your office door, and forging weapons from office supplies to defend against… whatever the hell a post-Slack world looks like.
For those of us who depend on Slack for easy, instant communication, the temporary outage felt like being thrown into the pre-internet dark ages. Predictably, lots of people turned to Twitter to express their angst.
When #Slack is down and you're a remote worker. pic.twitter.com/grw4JE4BGd
— Mike Allton (@mike_allton) June 27, 2018
When Slack is down, but you still need to look like you're working… pic.twitter.com/uDc1MY7LTK
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) June 27, 2018
Since Slack’s been down I’ve written 2 bestsellers, won an Oscar for Best Original Screnplay, launched a cannabis lifestyle site & founded a dog sanctuary. What’s everyone else been up to?
— Cher (@thecherness) June 27, 2018
When a lot of the team is working remotely but #Slack is down… pic.twitter.com/SPcrWsrKxw
— ApplinSkinner (@applinskinner) June 27, 2018
hour two of #Slack being down pic.twitter.com/zDqnR6Q1gn
— Roofdecki Matsui (@DomMahoney) June 27, 2018
if you send me an email while slack is down i will call the police
— Adam Moussa (@adamjmoussa) June 27, 2018
When #Slack isn't working and you actually have to walk over to your coworker's desk to talk to them. pic.twitter.com/iUQTgf7tIi
— Riley Winn (@allRidoisWinn) June 27, 2018
Working from home when #slack is down. pic.twitter.com/vIushmTFMy
— Whitney Baum-Bennett (@WhitneyBaum) June 27, 2018
How I am sharing messages with colleagues right now. #Slack pic.twitter.com/rVDil4tM4C
— Michael Gillett | #WIMVP (@MichaelGillett) June 27, 2018
And finally, one that’s NSFW…
Slack is down pic.twitter.com/ofrHNfGeIN
— Swear Trek (@swear_trek) June 27, 2018
We’re with you, Captain Picard.