WhatsApp has established itself as the global standard for both personal and business discussions. The well-known instant chat software stopped working globally on Tuesday in the late afternoon.
The app was not only inoperable on phones; the outage also had an impact on the web version of the app. An error notice advising users to check their computer’s internet connectivity was displayed to those attempting to connect to WhatsApp Web.
Internet users quickly created memes on social media in response to this significant technological error. Twitter quickly became trending with #WhatappDown. The memes made fun of how users raced to Twitter to see if they were the only ones affected by WhatApp’s current state and commented on how people were rumored to be in a frenzy inside WhatsApp HQ.
WhatsApp members that are not on twitter #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/taJIpHxzM8
— ARIKE😄 (@Ennyleks) October 25, 2022
Me apologising to my wifi after finding out WhatsApp is down #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/TsbpJStMIa
— ABSOLUT VODKA (@VodkaTweetz) October 25, 2022
Every time other apps are done, people run to Twitter #WhatsApp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/wrES9htzk3
— Olalekan Adeniji (@adenijisp) October 25, 2022
me after turning my wifi on and off for 15 minutes when it was actually whatsapp that’s down. #WhatsAppDown #WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/JZNk7caTtE
— sheryl (@sherylsethi) October 25, 2022
Situation right now #Twitter to #whatsapp 😹😹😂#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/eNM7GsDcSf
— Moulla Jatt. (@HelpMeDurdanaa) October 25, 2022
When your WhatsApp is playing up but you come to Twitter and see that everyone else is having the same problem #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/pMcJm0Zn56
— Jamie (@GingerPower_) October 25, 2022
This is me rushing to Twitter to see if Whatsapp is working 😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅🏃🏃🏃 pic.twitter.com/6A8HbR9ygJ
— MEMES FOR LIFE (@MEMESFORLIFE298) October 25, 2022
WhatsApp Engineer right now #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/vRg0RZXYTd
— MB (@bowx_) October 25, 2022
Since the broader Meta outage on October 5 that affected Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram together, Tuesday’s issue looks to be WhatsApp’s first significant outage. Millions of users worldwide were impacted by this widespread outage of important web portals before the services were quickly restored.
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