Donald Trump Twitter Page Down Internet Reaction

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Update: Twitter Government tweeted that after looking into the matter, the company has learned that a "customer support employee...did this on the employee's last day."

Through our investigation we have learned that this was done by a Twitter customer support employee who did this on the employee’s last day. We are conducting a full internal review. https://t.co/mlarOgiaRF
— Twitter Government (@TwitterGov) November 3, 2017

This unnamed person has since become somewhat of a celebrity online, with one person commenting that "Not all heroes wear capes."

Others have asked for the person's Amazon wishlist, GoFundMe account, and grocery list. If this person's going down, at least their shelves will be stocked and belly full.

This story was originally published on November 3, 2017 at 00:15 p.m.

November 2, 2017, is a day that will forever go down in history. On this day, the US president briefly found himself without access to his personal Twitter account, making this country a safer place for just a few glorious minutes.

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At first, I couldn't believe what I was seeing: Was I receiving this message in error?

Then, I noticed that thousands of people had received the same notification and proceeded to, for lack of a better phrase, collectively lose their shit.

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

@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

If only for a moment, everything seemed better.

Never forget 6:58 ET

The minute Trump’s Twitter was somehow down. pic.twitter.com/4OkIm1kOFO
— Karlee (@KarleeKanz) November 2, 2017

Trump’s Twitter was down today, JUST LIKE HIS APPROVAL RATINGS pic.twitter.com/iPEacadD1e
— Impeachable Trump (@ImpeachMeBigly) November 2, 2017

I'm choosing to live in the five minutes where Trump's twitter was down and nothing hurt. pic.twitter.com/nyaSYkfspd
— Ross W Berman IV (@RossWBermanIV) November 2, 2017

What could have prompted the momentary disappearance? Did Twitter finally decide to act on Donald Trump's numerous Twitter violations?

After all, he has threatened nuclear action against North Korea, retweeted a video of himself hitting Hillary Clinton with a golf ball, bullied and harassed a number of women, including Morning Joe's Mika Brzezinski, harassed news outlets and individual reporters for doing their jobs, harassed athletes who don't agree with him, and has repeatedly singled out groups of people based on race and religion.

Both harassment and the promotion of violence are clear violations of Twitter's rules and safety policies.

Though Twitter has not responded to Refinery29's request for comment, Twitter Government released a statement that Trump's "account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee."

May the universe protect that poor, doomed soul.

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

Unfortunately, the nation's dreams of a Twittersphere sans Trump were squashed when his account was revived.

For the briefest of moments, Donald Trump's twitter was deactivated. And there was rejoicing. Then it was reactivated, and we despaired.
— Rob M. | Tokkan (@tokkanram) November 2, 2017

"Trump's twitter was reactivated before I could tweet my good gif," she yells at a radioactive slug moments before the earth is destroyed. pic.twitter.com/VscZlA3VVe
— Jen Lewis (@thisjenlewis) November 2, 2017

When someone tells you Trump's Twitter is deactivated but then it reactivates pic.twitter.com/h05CbngleU
— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) November 2, 2017

In addition to the dread we all felt knowing that Trump could once again abuse the caps lock key and endanger our lives, people started to wonder if something more sinister was at play.

Uh, guys? Trump's twitter is back from the upside-down. Can only imagine what it's brought back with it. May god help us all.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) 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

I've seen what happens to people when they return from the Upside Down, and it's not pretty. Will Byers literally became the human host for an earth-destroying, man-eating smoke monster.

For now, we'll just have to wait to see what kind of terrifying fresh hell awaits us. So, you know, just like every other day.

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