Instagram is down — kind of — once again
If you're trying, relentlessly, to get an updated Instagram feed but aren't experiencing much success, welcome to the all-too-common installment of: Instagram was experiencing a pretty weird bug on Thursday.
Thursday afternoon, users noticed that the posts they're seeing on the home feed were all actually posted a few weeks ago, while Stories are still updated normally. People reported Instagram outages on Down Detector, too, starting at around noon eastern and peaking at around 12:30. Since then, users reporting the outage on Down Detector slowly began decreasing in frequency and, at 3:20 p.m. ET, Instagram is already retuning back to normal for some users.
Down Detector is owned by Ziff Davis, Mashable parent company.,
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An Instagram spokesperson told Mashable that they're aware that some users are having trouble, and are working to get things back to normal.
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Christianna Silva is a senior culture reporter covering social platforms and the creator economy, with a focus on the intersection of social media, politics, and the economic systems that govern us. Since joining Mashable in 2021, they have reported extensively on meme creators, content moderation, and the nature of online creation under capitalism.
Before joining Mashable, they worked as an editor at NPR and MTV News, a reporter at Teen Vogue and VICE News, and as a stablehand at a mini-horse farm. You can follow her on Bluesky @christiannaj.bsky.social and Instagram @christianna_j.
