Thousands of rooms on audio-chat app Clubhouse had people talking about the outage, a spokeswoman for the service said, adding that all its main metrics rose. Twitter Inc.’s network stayed online, with Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey tweeting his endorsement of Signal as a suitable WhatsApp alternative and amplifying Snowden’s urging of his followers to move away from the Facebook-owned app. The situation idled some of the company’s employees and prompted a public apology from Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg.įacebook’s loss turned into a gain for other social media.
Telegram, whose functionality closely mirrors that of WhatsApp, surged 55 places to top the US iPhone download chart, according to Sensor Tower.įacebook suffered a six-hour outage that spanned its WhatsApp messenger, the main social network and photo-sharing app Instagram, shutting out many of its 2.7 billion global users. Millions of new users joined the Edward Snowden-endorsed Signal on Monday, it said on Twitter. They say that the controversial change in WhatsApp's privacy terms could be a huge factor as to why thousands of users left it and signed up for Signal.Signal and Telegram, two private messenger apps, saw downloads and user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook Inc.’s network of apps and services. While some say that the outage is due in part the rising popularity of the service, Signal officials attribute it to thousands of users leaving WhatsApp and signing up for Signal. The company's technical support team resolved the issue after more than 24 hours, allowing Signal to be back online again over the weekend. Signal app recovers from outage caused by new user flood /2PEtGmHswU - Global Systems Mko January 17, 2021Īccording to Signal officials, its app experienced a rise in downloads with more than one million users signing up for the service.
The messaging app went back online after a more than 24-hour outage. This caused a flood of new users to troop to Signal and sign up for the service, which eventually overwhelmed its servers. Industry observers say that one of the factors that may have caused Signal to go offline is when Parler, another messaging platform, went down. The messaging app is similar to WhatsApp, though many users prefer Signal because of its strong encryption.
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