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As Massive Outage Plagues Facebook, Telegram Welcomes Millions of New Users

On Thursday, one of Facebooks underrecognized competitors, Telegram, said that it added three million new users in the last 24 hours.

At the time of writing, it appears that Instagram is the only major platform owned by Facebook that has publicly declared itself to be back in operation.

Though WhatsApp isnt particularly prevalent in the U.S., it has around 1.5 billion users worldwide and is a big part of Facebooks growth plans as it prepares to integrate all of its messaging services.

Earlier this month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained that private messaging is the most important factor in the companys outlook for the future. The New York Times recently reported that Facebook is putting a ton of resources into its own blockchain-fueled payment system that could help it mitigate its reliance on advertising as its dominant source of revenue.

As for its short-term concerns, Facebook still hasnt publicly stated why it was hit with such a devastating outage in the first place, and its unclear how it will deal with angry advertisers.

Weve asked Facebook how it intends to resolve its issues with angry advertisers, but did not receive an immediate reply.

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Author: Rhett Jones

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