Technology
People began sharing their frustration on Twitter
Updated : Jan 01, 2018, 07:35 AM IST
WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a global outage for about an hour on Sunday before the problem was fixed.
"WhatsApp users around the world experienced a brief outage today that has now been resolved", a WhatsApp spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. The cause of the outage, about an hour long, was not immediately known.
In India, its biggest market with about 200 million of its billion-plus users, the app was down just a few minutes past midnight into the new year.
Users in other countries also complained of outages on social media.
WhatsApp could not handle the traffic and it crashed around midnight.
The messaging app went down within ten minutes of revelry and was not restored until 1:00 a.m.
In times of such crisis, where else could the people go but on Twitter to check if they were not the only ones wronged!
Sentiment ran both ways, as some rejoiced the outage while others were outraged with the Facebook's messaging service.
“WhatsApp” started trending on the micro blogging site in no time, and the Twitterati went scrounging for the best GIFs to express their feelings.
“#WhatsApp users in different regions of the World facing downtime. Retweet if you’re facing the same issue. #WhatsAppDown #HappyNewYear #NewYear,” one user tweeted.
Here's how people responded to the 'crisis'
2 Minutes Of Silence For Those People Who Uninstall And Reinstall Whatsapp#whatsappdown #WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/46ZprA5b91
— Prabhas (@Hvnreddy) December 31, 2017
Open Whatsapp.
— irtaza (@honeyhashmii) December 31, 2017
Send message.
Nothing.
Airplane mode on. Airplane mode off.
Nothing.
Open Twitter.
See #WhatsappDown .
Find relief that it's not just me.#HappyNewYear2018
When you finally see the blue tick appear on #whatsapp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/GKspwVrhV8
— joan (@manchesterander) December 31, 2017