When one of the major social media platforms that everybody uses goes down, things turn a little hectic. Toss two into the mix and it seems that people start to have a lifestyle crisis, sending them wandering into the streets of Twitter or their actual neighborhood to find out what happened. While Facebook didn’t go down, it has been hit with plenty of scandals over the past few weeks thanks to the actions of Cambridge Analytica and other revelations about the platform. The data privacy leaks connected to Cambridge Analytica forced Facebook to change its privacy rules for third-party developers, getting stricter with its “most prominent APIs” according to The Verge, as well as restricting developer access.
A result was Tinder signing folks out of their accounts and not allowing them to sign back in:
https://twitter.com/4evrmalone/status/981612662239973377
https://twitter.com/4evrmalone/status/981613611910156290
Some managed to get to the bottom of the issue after a bit, sharing the news on Twitter. This did not curb the confusion for many and it didn’t help that Tinder also managed to remove a number of matches from certain accounts.
https://twitter.com/airercode500/status/981622350159347712
Facebook’s API changes just broke Tinder. It throws you into an endless login loop. Bravo to Facebook for being considerate of their only valuable product. pic.twitter.com/QbJA1uTi0v
— Daniel Sinclair (@_DanielSinclair) April 4, 2018
According to CNN, Facebook released a statement on the changes to their privacy standards and how it affected Tinder:
“This was part of the changes that we announced today, and we are working with Tinder to address this issue”
Tinder also released a statement on Twitter, noting the issues. It also shows just how many folks use Facebook to sign into their accounts as opposed to their phone numbers:
A technical issue is preventing users from logging into Tinder. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to have everyone swiping again soon.
— Tinder (@Tinder) April 4, 2018
Things seem to be back to normal by now for the most part, though plenty of users are still wondering what happened to all of their matches. Others are probably just happy that they now have the possibility to make one match. The reactions were pretty special, though:
When #tinder goes down and you look on twitter and see which girls are posting about it 👀😂 pic.twitter.com/SGHVJiimtI
— Dean Isherwood (@Deanish1) April 4, 2018
That feel when tinder logs you out and doesn't let you back in. There goes my future wife. 😒
— ☠️ 𝕹𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝕻𝖆𝖚𝖑 ☠️ (@nathius_1996) April 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/dweidnerrr/status/981612815038537728
I have a date tonight and I don’t have her number. This is a serious problem for me in case our plans change — I’ll have no way of knowing
— Max Davids (@maxxdavids) April 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/blerhgh/status/981612661149523970
https://twitter.com/tashastirling_/status/981631985184591873
@Tinder … Tinder, you ok hun? You seem to have deleted all my matches and future husbands. Can I claim compensation if I’m now single forever…..? pic.twitter.com/qJIUcE8pl7
— Hannah Beck (She/Her) (@ThisIsHannahC) April 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/biianncaa1/status/981633975339945984
The one thing that is certain is how much people would freak if all of their social media stopped working all at once. And the worst part, they’d have nowhere to complain about it.