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Users rush to Twitter after WhatsApp stops working

Here's how users reacted to the biggest communication app being down

Entertainment Desk October 25, 2022

WhatsApp stopped working for many people across the world on Tuesday, with users in Asia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Europe reporting issues sending and receiving texts and videos.

Users had a meltdown after the messages weren't being sent or received, propelling them to the last resort to rant: Twitter.

Here's how users reacted to the biggest communication app being down.

People Coming to Twitter to see if WhatsApp is down#WhatsappDown pic.twitter.com/eGi25KiQhU
— Bella Ciao (Chai) (@punjabiii_munda) October 25, 2022

You came here to see if Whatsapp is down right? pic.twitter.com/Vwx1urd3BS
— 0xShane (@BeLikeShane) October 25, 2022

When WhatsApp is Down.#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/xHgsHd9h8v
— ɅMɅN DUВΞY (@imAmanDubey) October 25, 2022

everyone's coming to twitter to see what had happened to whatsapp🤣 #whatsapp pic.twitter.com/0ws29yDehn
— glyano_nstaa (@glyano_) 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

Me when my cool friends who don't use Twitter see my tweets for the first time cause WhatsApp is down pic.twitter.com/t2mIuBwIyX
— Gav Murphy (@cymrogav) October 25, 2022

WhatsApp and other apps are down
Meanwhile Twitter -#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/MjVV0QFemo
— Tanmayyy 💫 (@PullshotShwarma) October 25, 2022

Where's the lie

When #Whatsapp is down but no one ever texts you anyway pic.twitter.com/NWc3AD92tv
— 9GAG ❤️ Memeland (@9GAG) October 25, 2022

WhatsApp was down but some of us didn’t notice because we are single and abandoned.
— Owen 💜💸🦅 (@_fvckowen) October 25, 2022

People that don't use WhatsApp rn pic.twitter.com/CGwggDIope
— Some Guy Again 😸 (@notnuelssary) October 25, 2022

At around 0750 GMT, outage reporting site Downdetector showed over 68,000 users had reported problems with the app in the United Kingdom. Problems were reported by 19,000 people in Singapore and 15,000 people in South Africa, it said.

The app has become a critical means of communication for households and businesses. When Whatsapp had an hours-long outage last October, it hit trading of assets from cryptocurrencies to oil, before traders switched to alternative platforms such as Telegram.

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test | 2 years ago | Reply I am the person who doesn t use WhatsApp because I don t use Phone at all. I am a bit addicted to Laptop who has zero interest in TV and mobile Phone. Science Technology Economy Wealth Problem Solving Policy Making And sometimes Religion that s it. So no friends and not so many relatives but only family which doesn t need WhatsApp at all. I think all these American apps and technologies are used to spy on people and this is how they work especially when we often interact with these services and apps. I am a strong opinion of one thing and that is countries should produce their own apps and services. Infact countries must write their own operating system kernels as well as mobile operating systems. OIC Organization of Islamic Countries should produce its own softwares systems and even hardware for the safety protection and unity of the muslim world otherwise lick western shoes with your tongue which all muslim leaders are doing except few such as Mahathir Bin Muhmmad of Malaysia a respectable leader.

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