WhatsApp crashes temporarily and users freak out
There was panic across the globe on Tuesday night after messaging app WhatsApp experienced a brief outage.
Users were unable to send or receive messages as the service continued to indicate ‘connecting’ with the small wheel showing for most people.
According to DownDetector there were problems across Europe but it appears as though it could be a global problem.
Many users ran to Twitter and Facebook as they struggled to cope. Others reacted hilariously to the news.
I bought data for 24hrs and now this platform is down, @AIRTEL_KE do the honorable and keep it for me. #WhatsApp Down pic.twitter.com/PEkVOlEDd5
— Vincent Ombeta (@VINCENTAROSI) January 22, 2019
#WhatsApp Down pic.twitter.com/zjIrPjG45l
— Fariha Shaikh (@FarihaShaikh12) January 22, 2019
#WhatsApp down worldwide but working in Nigeria.
Is Nigeria even part of the world? pic.twitter.com/h4WcvBxjaS— Iba Ella of Warri the Marxist ?? (@Slyadeniyi) January 22, 2019
Due to #whatsappdown , sliding in DM is allowed pic.twitter.com/pEx63W3mhQ
— Omuyayi (@bruceburyo) January 22, 2019
get your shit together @WhatsApp some of us are having an existential crisis and need to talk to our friends #WhatsAppDown
— Joylene Ling (@jutlin) January 22, 2019
Raise Your Hand If You Got To know about #Whatsapp down from #Twitter pic.twitter.com/MDvyZxBusu
— Bil Al (@Contenthidden77) January 22, 2019
2 minutes of silence for those people who uninstalled #Whatsapp and then re-installed it again. ?#WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/TvTOqnYsC6
— Dhawal Odedra (@Dhawal_Odedra) January 22, 2019