UPDATE: Jan. 4, 2021, 12:25 p.m. EST Slack was down for several hours but appears to be back for some users.
Slack said, 'Not today, 2021.'
Slack is down globally, here's how users reacted to the situation DownDetector, the service which tracks whether a service is down, has reported over 15,000 user complaints on January 4.
Slack (NYSE:WORK), Robinhood , H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) WeBull and others are among companies experiencing a spike in technical difficulties, Downdetector says.; Citing recent data over the past 24. 57,460 likes 114 talking about this. Downdetector.com provides real-time insight into availability of all kinds of services. This is an independent service and not associated with any. During the outage, Downdetector's live outage map showed a concentration of Slack outage reports in the west coast of the United States, in Japan, and in Australia.
After a long, exhausting 2020, we're starting the first Monday of the year off with a little gift from the internet gods: Slack is down.
If your job involves computers or you're working from home, there's a good chance your company uses Slack's chatrooms to facilitate communication among colleagues. Slack is the platform for chatting, sharing thoughts, tweets, and checking in with coworkers. It's a daily staple among workplaces, so when it's down, not to be dramatic, but all feels lost.
According to Downdector, Slack was having unavailable to users at around 10:00 a.m. ET on Monday morning, and Slack tweeted to confirm that 'Customers may experience issues connecting to Slack to loading channels...' shortly after.
Downdetector is owned by Mashable's publisher, Ziff Davis.
Customers may be experiencing issues connecting and using Slack at this time. Our team is currently investigating and we’re sorry for any troubles this may be causing. Please see https://t.co/hlhV4Z15g6 for updates.
— Slack (@SlackHQ) January 4, 2021
Slack's team is reportedly on the case and working to restore the system, but from the looks of Twitter, everyone's doing just fine without it. After all, no Slack means no work...right? I believe those are the rules.
The hour I spent catching up with co-workers before Slack went down pic.twitter.com/RW9T2BvwVE
— Josh Kurp (@JoshKurp) January 4, 2021
Slack going down an hour into the first major work day of 2021 pic.twitter.com/ckKAfowyzq
— Gibson Johns (@gibsonoma) January 4, 2021
why does slack being down have the same energy as when teachers didn't show up for class in high school and someone said 'we're legally allowed to leave if they don't show up in 15 minutes'
— Connor Perrett (@connorperrett) January 4, 2021
When you're still new at work and Slack is down. pic.twitter.com/JROvIlQ4dZ
— Kyle Shook⚡️ (@elyktrix) January 4, 2021
TFW you return from PTO and slack is down. pic.twitter.com/CkxIz23mIo
— Matt Moore (@mattomata) January 4, 2021
slack going down is honestly such a good omen for this year. nature is healing
— Addy Baird (@addysbaird) January 4, 2021
Welcome to 2021. Where Slack is down on the first Monday of the year. pic.twitter.com/bnJ5M86wbZ
— Eric Mark Do (@EricMarkDo) January 4, 2021
slack being down on the first monday back in 2021.... a true ally
— Laura Bradley (@lpbradley) January 4, 2021
When slack is down pic.twitter.com/irzuOFZljd
— Chioma Lynn (@ChiomaLynn) January 4, 2021
slack is down so that's the work year over. we made it, fam
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 4, 2021
Slack is down on the first day back? pic.twitter.com/jJBL3RmtM4
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— Sandra E. Garcia (@S_Evangelina) January 4, 2021
The first Monday back on the job after a holiday break is brutal, so we thank you for derailing our productivity, Slack.
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It seems 2021 is off to a beautiful start. What a blessing.
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