Today, March 13, millions of Facebook and Instagram users turned to Twitter to express their exasperation about the social media networks' massive failure. While many users' observations were farcical in nature, there are very real economic ramifications for two of the world's largest social media networks being offline for a significant amount of time. Give Local America was a 24-hour online giving day, stringing together the efforts of 50 community foundations nationwide. "A lot of the nonprofits we've worked with, they're going with more of a personal approach," Eberly said. In light of the social networking issues, local news outlets also stepped up their support of the 24-hour online giving day, Eberly said.

Source: Forbes March 13, 2019 23:22 UTC