AGGGGHHHHHH!
We’re sure it will only be a brief disruption to its services, but it appears as if messaging service WhatsApp went offline on Friday morning.
Users attempting to send messages have reported being greeted with a timer symbol rather than the ticks that indicate when a message has been sent or received and, naturally enough, people are freaking out.
Whatsapp is down. The end of the world is near. pic.twitter.com/gEvfFMVH15
— Rubén Mozo (@rubenmozo) November 3, 2017
Switching between WiFi and 4G trying to get WhatsApp messages to send #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/rGCaS0NdML
— Kam (@Kamil_LFC94) November 3, 2017
PSA: Whatsapp is down. I repeat Whatsapp is down #panic #withdrawalsymptoms #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/Fj4VtBlq4Q
— Mr.Fox Agency (@mrfoxagency) November 3, 2017
Me coming onto twitter to see if WhatsApp is down… and sure it is ? pic.twitter.com/wLiSSpgLuf
— Rachel Jones (@RachellJonesox) November 3, 2017
WhatsApp is down.
This is not a drill people.
You might have to just use normal texts now. pic.twitter.com/C31Xzld1Nc
— TFM News (@TFMRadioNews) November 3, 2017
As of 8.40 on Friday morning, WhatsApp has issued no statement identifying what the problem might be, but there was a large spike in incidents reported on Website Down detector, particularly in Europe and Asia.
Watch this space.
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