On Thursday, POTUS' Twitter account, which has 41.7 million followers, 'was down for 11 minutes,' much to Twitter users' delight.
- Nov 3, 2017
AceShowbiz - On Thursday, November 2, President Donald Trump's Twitter account was temporarily deactivated "due to human error." The account was deleted from the micro-blogging site for about eleven minutes shortly before 7 P.M., before being restored back by the site.
"Sorry, that page doesn't exist" was previously written on the page when you tried to search for the account, which has 41.7 million followers.
Not surprisingly, Twitterverse seemingly rejoiced during that brief time period. People dubbed it "10 minutes of peace" because the president was unable to tweet insults or boasts. "We'll all remember where we were during the 10 minutes of peace while Donald Trump's Twitter account was down," said a Twitter user.
We’ll all remember where we were during the 10 minutes of peace while Donald Trump’s Twitter account was down.
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) November 2, 2017
A user joked, "I survived the Trump twitter outage. November 2, 2017. 6:58PM to 7:04PM #neverforget." Another one tweeted, "I think we just came together as a nation for 23 seconds."
I survived the Trump twitter outage
November 2, 2017
6:58PM to 7:04PM #neverforget
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 2, 2017
I think we just came together as a nation for 23 seconds.
— Madeline Hill (@mad_hill) November 2, 2017
Another user went as far as saying that "the 70 seconds that Trump's twitter account went away were the happiest 70 seconds of my year." Similarly, another account wrote, "Trump's twitter account vanishing and then reappearing moments later is the best evidence yet that the events of the past 2 years are the result of warring sects of time travellers."
@jack I need to very seriously tell you that the 70 seconds that Trump's twitter account went away were the happiest 70 seconds of my year.
— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) November 2, 2017
Trump's twitter account vanishing and then reappearing moments later is the best evidence yet that the events of the past 2 years are the result of warring sects of time travellers
— Nfinit (@Nfinit) November 2, 2017
"If Trump's Twitter is down, does this technically mean he's no longer POTUS? I mean, it's the only part of the job he pays attention to," another user took a jab at the POTUS, who has sparked outrage numerous times due to his remarks on Twitter. Another account, meanwhile, declared that "we just experienced the best two minutes of 2017 while Trump's Twitter was down."
If Trump's Twitter is down, does this technically mean he's no longer POTUS? I mean, it's the only part of the job he pays attention to.
— John Schindler (@20committee) November 2, 2017
We just experienced the best two minutes of 2017 while Trump's Twitter was down.
— Jason Diamond (@imjasondiamond) November 2, 2017
Following the deactivation, Twitter issued a statement explaining the situation. "Earlier today @realdonaldtrump's account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee," the account wrote. "The account was down for 11 minutes, and has since been restored. We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again."
Earlier today @realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee. The account was down for 11 minutes, and has since been restored. We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again.
— Twitter Government (@TwitterGov) November 3, 2017
Trump continued tweeting later that day, seemingly unaware of the incident.