WhatsApp Down, Instagram HS… Red alert on your social networks!
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Global outage on WhatsApp
For more than 3 hours, on October 25, the WhatsApp application found itself in breakdown. DownDetector, the site to know to ensure the bug of your favorite apps, then reports breakdowns, bugs and unavailability for both the Web and mobile versions. It’s now the tradition, when an application crashes, frustrated users of the incident find themselves on Twitter, unleashing their creativity in Memes. What to wait until the return to normal on the application.
When WhatsApp is Down.#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/xHgsHd9h8v
— ɅMɅN DUВΞY (@imAmanDubey) October 25, 2022
“We are working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible…”
AFP release from Meta
At the same time, a more discreet bug affected Instagram. It blocked several users from viewing or reacting to stories. As with WhatsApp, by midday on October 25, most issues were resolved.
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Meta makes the blow of the breakdown
This is not the first time that the social networks of the Meta group have individually or collectively broken down. About a year ago, a major bug crippled instagram the time of a long autumn evening, leaving users in disarray. While the brand often remains discreet about the causes of these incidents, several elements have been identified. First of all, frequent infrastructure problems, in particular the servers available. But also, and it seems that this was the reason for the biggest incident experienced by the brand, bad handling in the release of updates.
The (too) strong impact of Socials Downs
Once again, this global down of an application reminds us of the vulnerability of virtual interactions in our daily lives. But beyond the information and humor that we send via this or that social network, thousands of companies are affected around the world with each bug. Indeed, since the COVID crisis, a large number of companies have relied on online advertising, mainly on the networks, to disseminate their messages. A commercial dependence which can prove to be dangerous following the serial bugs of the Meta networks.
