Whatsapp issues 14 march 19

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Fred Indonesia Expert

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Max Eastman

FredIndonesia Expert14 March 2019 01:34:45

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Whatsapp, facebook and instagram are having serious problems today.
FB is out completely at this point, Instagram seems slow but working, and Whatsapp is refusing some messages.

The latter is widely used here but pretty much everyone so that's likely to cause a lot of problems.

I understand the problem is pretty much worldwide.

lukereg ViP

Member since 24 November 2009

lukeregViP14 March 2019 01:46:02

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Photos are getting through slowly on whatsapp and messages seem ok.

The rest can wait. If it's important and people remember then they could either have a face to face conversation or use thier mobile phones and make calls to people. Not seeing a picture of someone's coffee for an hour or 2 is OK for me...

ricardo001 Banned

Member since 17 April 2014

ricardo001Banned14 March 2019 02:01:05

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yeah...too slow sending pic via wa.

GuestPoster0210 Guest

GuestPoster0210Guest14 March 2019 02:51:21

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I’ve had no issues whatsoever with Whatsapp receiving or sending messages including calls from 5am onwards messenger is a little dodgy Facebook fine

Bali Frog Active member

Member since 11 November 2017

Bali FrogActive member14 March 2019 06:51:23

The drama around this maybe shows the excessive importance those social media things have taken in some peoples life ?
Disclaimer : I have no FB, Instagram, etc..
Just using W.A. and Line a bit to keep in touch with family.

Fred Indonesia Expert

Member since 02 August 2009

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Max Eastman

FredIndonesia Expert17 March 2019 21:22:18

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Bali Frog wrote:
The drama around this maybe shows the excessive importance those social media things have taken in some peoples life ?
Disclaimer : I have no FB, Instagram, etc..
Just using W.A. and Line a bit to keep in touch with family.

I have Instagram for work - It;s used as a communications and training tool, very useful but not desperate if it goes offline for a few days.

WA, as far as Indonesia is concerned, is an absolute essential, most communication between ordinary people done this way, but it's a tool used very widely in business and government.
That going down would be a big issue for a lot of people at every level of society.

GuestPoster0210 Guest

GuestPoster0210Guest18 March 2019 00:41:20

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Never used Whatsapp so much since coming to Indonesia tbh probably 80% of the time is WA calls and messages, FB I very rarely use other than for the kids / family back home mainly for photos etc. Messenger and line I use often for the uk, never had any of the others they don’t interest me

Fred Indonesia Expert

Member since 02 August 2009

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Max Eastman

FredIndonesia Expert18 March 2019 01:17:02

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Losing WA would be a massive problem here as most businesses and schools use it for communications. I have several WA groups for business use, as do many other people.
It's Indonesia's unofficial main mode of business communication.

Laithn New member

Member since 16 August 2017

LaithnNew member20 March 2019 01:18:48

All fine in Lombok, maybe little slow but can’t say if the network is that reliable anyway...
It’s good for the sol in all cases, it’s only some sort of addiction

Cheers

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