Blogger goes down and people act appropriately:

…and, as might be expected, some, well,  not so much:

And now the internet has an enormous void that will never be filled, to say nothing of the angst that will be felt by future generations of cyberhistorians who will be denied the rich treasure trove of Very Important Posts that helped to define this, The  Golden Age of Blogging:

Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind…..