On the heels of a three-day weekend for many, it seems as though Slack, a popular business communication platform, conveniently decided to start acting up. Whether it's about being unable to log in or having trouble accessing specific channels, some users have been hit various technological roadblocks while trying to navigate the platform.
With many businesses having gone remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people depend on Slack for their day-to-day work operations. As a result, social media users soon began doing what they do best: talking about it on Twitter.
Slack is down. We're all free. Run for your lives.
— Max Steele (@maxasteele) February 22, 2022
Many shared their initial responses to discovering that Slack was having issues.
Slack is down so I’m using…G Chat…to communicate with my team pic.twitter.com/OpCzJ7NUOx
— Michael James (@mvchaeljames) February 22, 2022
is slack down or did I get fired
— danielle leblanc-cyr (@danielle__lc) February 22, 2022
me trying to log in to #slack this morning pic.twitter.com/iwYg0aulWz
— Mike Dobrzynski (@miikedobr) February 22, 2022
slack's down pic.twitter.com/BExs2SI5t1
— bee (@trichoglossus) February 22, 2022
Memes were also shared over how Slack essentially declared a four-day weekend.
Slack today pic.twitter.com/UCsgcZOZxw
— Ringer Dish (@RingerDish) February 22, 2022
Logging into work after a 3 day weekend to find out #slack is down…. pic.twitter.com/nuvpE0C0Qd
— Matt (@razorsharpe99) February 22, 2022
The astrology crowd also took the opportunity to point out that Slack went down on 2/22/22, which is described as "the Super Bowl for spiritual hoes."
2.22.22 and slack is down this morning.
The universe says rest and manifest.
— stas (@AstasiaWill) February 22, 2022
Slack down? On 2-22-2022?? 🗓😏 pic.twitter.com/DkvdgKiKhW
— Complex (@Complex) February 22, 2022
Other reactions included people saying they were "legally allowed" not to leave work since the platform wasn't functioning.
if slack is down, you're legally allowed to go back to bed
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) February 22, 2022
if slack stays down for 15 minutes we legally get to go home
— 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋 (@allcaps_PHIL) February 22, 2022
The extra-bold also joked about simply pretending that Slack was down when it was functioning perfectly fine for them.
me ignoring my messages and pretending Slack is still down pic.twitter.com/J996VatAdT
— garry (@repeattofade) February 22, 2022
Plenty of other memes about workplace operations were supremely set back due to Slack's technological issues.
Me trying to send messages to my workplace when Slack is down pic.twitter.com/IG04kAXQ3E
— A Flower in a Vase in the Past (@sadwhitegrrl) February 22, 2022
Work when Slack goes down pic.twitter.com/mzWEHU3Dtd
— TJ (@TayloredSiren) February 22, 2022
Even those who couldn't directly enjoy Slack being down got in on the fun.
Slack down when I already took PTO pic.twitter.com/87WoFPV9Of
— Sam Parker (@samprkr) February 22, 2022
me not being able to enjoy slack being down because we use microsoft teams pic.twitter.com/NY8LhKaISh
— Tim Finch (@TimFinch___) February 22, 2022
Particular users also shared some rather unique reactions to the news.
Slack is down. Flexing in the office bathroom to cope. pic.twitter.com/6MOmKPwx9m
— nick👋🏼 (@tunasaladgay) February 22, 2022
Despite all the fun, it looks like Slack quickly got its act together and soon proceeded to work normally again.