When WhatsApp stopped working last night due to a global outage, several million users turned to rival apps like Telegram and Signal, but These could not adequately accommodate everyone who wanted to communicate with their loved ones.
As a matter of fact, Telegram was quick to announce on Twitter that some users might encounter some bugs, even though the messaging app should remain more stable than its competitors. Actually it wasn’t like that It is no longer possible to upload conversations or receive notifications. Therefore, this malfunction worried not only Internet users, because all competitors also had to fix this situation. dealing with much more traffic than normal.
Users in some regions may be having trouble loading contacts/chats or receiving notifications; I apologize for any inconvenience you may be experiencing right now 🙏
— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) October 4, 2021
The Whole Internet Goes Crazy When Facebook Is Shutdown
When Facebook crashed, most users turned to Twitter; Twitter also suffered somewhat from this massive influx of internet users, because in some cases it was impossible to send and receive private messages. Even in a crisis, the social network and its competitors were not devoid of humorsince he posted a tweet “ literally hello everyone ”, to which the world’s largest companies respond.
Facebook’s global outage has left many users largely paralyzed as they can no longer access all of its apps. It also affected many other platformsbecause Internet users are now “ Login with Facebook “.
On the Signal side, the company announced that millions of users suddenly joined the platform overnight. This caused problems with the recordings.. Internet users also could not see all their contacts.
Millions of new people have joined Signal today and our messaging and calls are working, but some people can’t see all their contacts in Signal. We’re working hard to fix this.
— Signal (@signalapp) October 4, 2021
After a few hours of crisis, the situation will return to normal for all users. For those who don’t know, the outage is believed to be caused by an update to the referral systems that prevents users from being redirected to Facebook platforms.
