Gmail outage inspires creativity

Gmail went down on the same day taxes were due. Yet many were able to laugh it off—at least temporarily.

Fernando Alfonso III

Updated on June 2 2021 6:25 pm CDT

After the popular email service Gmail was down for users around the world Tuesday afternoon, thousands of people used Twitter to air their grievances.

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Fernando Alfonso III

Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.