Unless you were out doing something better or are the type of person who has decided not to sacrifice all your messaging means and contents to Mark Zuckerberg, you probably noticed that WhatsApp went down last night for a prolonged period.
The Facebook-owned service confirmed that it was down last night but did not give a reason to the outage, which left many of its 1 billion users frustrated and confused.
"Earlier today, WhatsApp users in all parts of the world were unable to access WhatsApp for a few hours. We have now fixed the issue and apologize for the inconvenience," WhatsApp said via an email sent to TechCrunch.
That wasn't enough to calm the masses though, who took to Twitter to vent about life without the app using #WhatsAppDown.
If @WhatsApp comes back we might get a whole bunch of notifications at once & momentarily feel really popular #whatsappdown
— AldÃs Hamilton (@aldishamilton) May 3, 2017
A moment of silence to all people who reinstalled the app before checking on Twitter. #whatsappdown
— Skorpion (@Dieselkha) May 3, 2017
Whatsapp is down and I want to update my Whatsapp status that 'Whatsapp is down' but I cannot because Whatsapp is down :(
#WhatsAppDown— f@had Mas¤¤d (@fahad8five) May 3, 2017
@SirJadeja 😂😂😂 ROFL #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/aMpS4iFqGP
— reena (@rennadev) May 4, 2017
Life without WhatsApp_ 😂ðŸ˜'😢#whatsapp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/LattUwgOus
— Suresh Pilania (@suresh_pilania) May 3, 2017
Hello @MarkZuckerberg, welcome to your tape... #whatsappdown
— Chiara (@chialorentz) May 3, 2017
I predict a baby boom in approximately 9 months... #whatsappdown
— Katy Tomkow (@KatyDooo) May 3, 2017
#whatsappdown Trying to recall "ancient" ways to communicate: phone, text, email. The day already looks longer. Also said hi to neighbour.
— Nadeem Nusrat (@nadeem_nusrat) May 3, 2017
Don't make me use my unlimited texts @WhatsApp 🙄 #whatsappdown
— Skorpion (@Dieselkha) May 3, 2017
Amount of the times I turned wifi off and on and deleted my app to realize it's not my fault..... #whatsappdown
— navdeep (@navdeep6) May 3, 2017
COME BACK BAE @WhatsApp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/jYfus27EAx
— eoghain fitzgerald (@eoghainfitz) May 3, 2017
Turn off WiFi, turn on WiFi, turn off WiFi, turn on WiFi
Opening Twitter #whatsappdown— Sotiris Zampras (@zsotiris) May 3, 2017
There are A LOT of people freaking out about #WhatsApp right now #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/qc1kya8P0h
— Rich Brooks (@RichTBrooks) May 3, 2017
hahaha WhatsApp it's down! #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/VPfk69urB9
— Miguel ðŸ'Ž (@MigueMontenegr0) May 3, 2017
WhatsApp, welcome to your tape. #whatsappdown #whatsapp pic.twitter.com/HtaKxLQQVP
— Sohail Ali (@Solli_786) May 3, 2017
KEEP CALM
#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/62wzYaoxtO— Stefano Carlucci (@CarlucciStef) May 3, 2017
Benifits of being single:
You don't care if whatsapp is running or no 😂#whatsappdown— Bilal Naffaa (@BilalNaffaa) May 3, 2017