This is what people did instead of scrolling: "Washed my dog's ears"

During Monday night, several social media such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were down for several hours.

Users around the world were quick to turn to other social platforms, such as Twitter and TikTok, to express their frustration.

But the reactions varied.

As we have seen, many became annoyed, perhaps anxious, while others took the network miss with a shrug.

According to psychologist Siri Helle, the reaction to the digital crash can say something about your social media habits.

She believes that the involuntary break can work a bit like an alarm clock, depending on how you reacted to Monday's disturbances.

- If you feel very bad when you can not use social media as a distraction or pastime, it can be an alarm clock that you need to find other outlets for those needs.

SVT Nyheter asked the audience how they got busy during the evening.

Hear Wilhelm Paulsson, 17, Emma Sanderson, 20, and Margarethe Kuhn-Müntzing, 64, about what they found instead of scrolling through Facebook and Instagram in the clip above.