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		perryizgr8 on Oct 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More details about the October 4 outage On Instagram I was even able to "like" posts while the outage was in effect. Not sure if the app replayed those when the service came back.

scrollaway on Oct 6, 2021 [–]

I suspect so. From the app's point of view it's likely not terribly different to losing cell service for a while.

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