Here's How the World Was Raging Over the Whatsapp Crash On New Years

By Haadia Paracha | 1 Jan, 2016

For millenials, connectivity is no less than religion so unsurprising that as the clock struck twelve and we welcomed year 2016, alternatively, madness ensued with Whatsapp servers crashing leaving the world in mad frenzy. Connecting and disconnecting for a whole hour and eighteen minutes (yes, we counted because, obviously…) people turned to twitter per usual to vent their frustration.

Mood:

 

A dash of suicidal thoughts.

 

A tribute to #Whatsapp that was.

 

Human connection versus morse code.

 

Kabootar ja ja ja… 

 

Some felt like Paris Hilton in The Simple Life.

 

She wants your mooooooney.

 

A moment of silence for this fearless b*stard.

 

Despite all the madness, this guy couldn’t help with the #gamez.

 

Fun fact: Whatsapp was founded by Yahoo employees, Brian Acton and Jan Koum and soon became the more engaging app on mobile platform. Interestingly enough, Acton had been turned down for potential jobs by both Twitter and Facebook. He took the rejection in his stride, tweeting:

May 2009

August 2009

Feb 2014: Fast forward five years and Facebook acquired Whatsapp in a cash-and-stock deal worth an eye popping $22 billion. Mark Zuckerburg called the mobile-messaging start-up a “great fit” as the app would help Facebook keep people connected. Now there’s a cool example of falling nine times, getting up ten. With the new year upon us, let’s make sure that’s a huge takeaway for us as we strive to be the best versions of ourselves and write ourselves as the heroes of our own story.

Happy new year, folks.

 

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