The IT Nerd

As I type this, Craigslist is down. This is prompting some to take to Twitter to vent in some interesting ways:

https://twitter.com/amandajaquin/status/536705297713491968

#craigslist is down!
Armageddon!!!

— dabertman (@dabertman) November 24, 2014

#Craigslist is down i blame Obama lol

— Eric B (@ebuhrow82) November 24, 2014

why must craigslist be down!

— Stephen Licht. (@Lichty315) November 24, 2014

Craigslist is down.. That's new

— Cory (@xguntherc) November 24, 2014

#craigslist is down.. Noooooooo!!!!!!!

— Kyle Calvin (@kylecalvin10) November 24, 2014

When craigslist is down what do you do, not homework that's for sure

— Bubba (@bubba_lode) November 24, 2014

So it’s a safe bet that those who are looking to buy and sell stuff, as well as hook up with each other aren’t getting any action tonight. One has to wonder what they will do in the meantime. Or at least until Craigslist comes back up.

Just before 11PM EST tonight, Craigslist went down leaving millions without the ability to buy and sell stuff or hook up with each other. The reaction online was interesting to watch.

Is #craigslist really down? What will I do? Read a book?!?

— Christina G (@ModProps) August 22, 2014

Trollers' worst nightmare: #Craigslist is down #craigslistDown #firstworldproblems

— John Urbaniak (@johnnyurb) August 22, 2014

Please come back #craigslist! Without you, I dwell in darkness (on #ebay — same thing.)

— Kat Dancer (@Kat_Dancer) August 22, 2014

Did #Craigslist go boom?

— (((myndkrime))) (@myndkrime) August 22, 2014

I must admit that I had some fun taking some cheap shots via Twitter:

Craigslist just went down. How will the world sell their stuff and hook up with people now?

— The IT Nerd (@The_IT_Nerd) August 22, 2014

Why is the world freaking out about Craigslist being down? It's not like Ebola is out of control in Africa or something. #firstworldproblems

— The IT Nerd (@The_IT_Nerd) August 22, 2014

As I type this, it is 32 minutes into the great Craigslist outage and civilization as we know it is hanging by a thread until it comes back online.

UPDATE: Craigslist is back online after being down for 46 minutes. The planet can breath a sigh of relief as the crisis is over.

According to the Twitterati, Craigslist is down. As a result it leaves millions of people unable to buy and sell items locally, find jobs, apartments, or illicit hookups and one night stands of various types. I can’t find a reason for the cause of this in the Google searches I’ve done. But as soon as I do (or if Craigslist comes back online), I’ll post it here.

UPDATE: It seems to be back intermittently and is not all that stable. Total downtime seems to be about 18 hours from the posts that were on Twitter. Could someone confirm that please?

UPDATE #2: Things with Craigslist seem much more stable now.