Yesterday, the users of highly popular free messaging and
file sharing application WhatsApp noticed a users' status message which read,
"Error: Status unavailable".
If you are one of them, who completely trust
the highly popular free messaging and file sharing application WhatsApp, you
would have come across a peculiar problem today. The users' status message is
being displayed as ''Error: Status unavailable''. The problem, which seems to
have started a few hours ago has created a lot of panic.
Users of WhatsApp
have taken to social media and are asking people if everyone is facing the same
problem. ''I can't seem to view others' statuses on whatsapp . Is it me or its
happening on everyone's phone?'' asks one such user on Twitter. ''Someone please
tell me why is this happening on whatsapp? Or is it just happens to me?'' says
another. But, the problem now is that chain messages are being sent saying
''Whatsapp is
shutting down on 28th jan Message from Jim Balsamic (CEO of Whatsapp) we have
had an over usage of user names on whatsapp Messenger. We are requesting all
users to forward this message to their entire contact list. If you do not
forward this message, we will take it as your account is invalid and it will be
deleted within the next 48 hours. Please DO NOT ignore this message or whatsapp
will no longer recognise your activation. If you wish to re-activate your
account after it has been deleted, a charge of 25.00 will be added to your
monthly bill. We are also aware of the issue involving the pictures updates not
showing. We are working diligently at fixing this problem and it will be up and
running as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation from the Whatsapp
team) FINAL WARNING! If your WhatsApp status is error:status unavailable then
you are not frequent user and by 5:00pm C.A.T WhatsApp will start charging you.
To become a frequent user send this message to 10 people who receive it.''
The 'hoax messages'
seem to have infuriated users all the more. ''This Whatsapp chain message is more
annoying than all those forward mails of 2004-7 put together!,'' tweets a
frustrated user. ''guys... dont be so gullible... the whatsapp chain message is
a stupid hoax,'' tweets another.
However, the actual
reason for the problem has been given by what seems to be the official WhatsApp
accounts on Twitter andFacebook.
''WhatsApp status functionality is currently not available. We are working on
resolving it soon,'' says the message. Although, it's yet to be seen when the
problem will get fixed. That said, are you a WhatsApp user? Did you believe the
'hoax message' when you got it? Do let us know
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