On Monday, there was a short period of time when several popular social media apps owned by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, experienced some technical difficulties. The affected apps included Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads. According to the website Downdetector.com, which monitors such issues, thousands of users were impacted by this temporary outage.
During the peak of the outage, which lasted for a little over an hour, more than 14,000 Instagram users reported difficulties accessing the app. Similarly, around 7,000 Facebook users and approximately 2,700 WhatsApp users also faced issues during this time. Meta's newer app called Threads, which is meant to be a rival to Twitter, was also affected, with about 470 users encountering problems while trying to use the app.
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Fortunately, the technical issues were resolved, and all the apps were back up and running again. Users regained access to Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads after the brief disruption.
Downdetector.com performs an essential role in tracking and monitoring such outages. By gathering data from multiple sources, including user-submitted reports, they can provide insights into the extent of the problem and its impact on the user base.
Meanwhile, Threads, the Twitter rival created by Meta, has achieved an impressive milestone of surpassing 100 million user sign-ups within one week of its launch. This achievement occurred even faster than OpenAI's ChatGPT, which took two months to reach the same mark.
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The company introduced Threads last week, making it available to iOS and Android users in 100 countries. Currently, the app holds the top position among free apps on the App Store.
In terms of user sign-ups, Threads garnered 2 million within a mere two hours after its launch. Subsequently, it achieved 10 million users within seven hours and an astounding 30 million within just 12 hours. These numbers indicate a significant and rapid adoption of the new app.
