The pop icon’s message to voters on Super Tuesday was followed by issues that fans are now questioning.
A number of Taylor Swift fans have shared conspiracy theories online, after her public vote message was followed by a flood of complaints that Instagram and Facebook had temporarily gone down.
March 5’s Super Tuesday saw 15 states and one territory holding contests ahead of the presidential election, with President Joe Biden and his presumed Republican opponent Donald Trump enjoying near sweeps in their respective parties.
As voters prepared to head the ballots, Swift took to Instagram on Tuesday morning to urge her fans to participate in their states’ primaries.
« I wanted to remind you guys to vote the people who most represent YOU into power, » the pop icon wrote in her post. « If you haven’t already, make a plan to vote today. Whether you’re in Tennessee or somewhere else in the US, check your polling places and times at Vote.org. »
Following her announcement, a host of fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to declare that they had problems accessing and using Facebook and Instagram.
« Facebook and IG [are] down because Taylor Swift told her fans to go make their voices heard, » wrote one X user. « Vote Swifties!! »
« So not even 30 mins ago Taylor Swift posts about Super Tuesday and now all of a sudden Instagram is down along with Facebook? » another fan commented. « That’s not suspicious at all.. »
« They don’t want you to see that Taylor Swift told you to go vote, » opined novelist David Leavitt, who rounded out his post with the hashtags « #CyberAttack » and « #facebookdown.
