Facebook Messenger appeared to be down on Tuesday morning, according to multiple reports. Users were presented with the message “chat is currently unavailable.”
The issue appeared to affect users all over the planet, with thousands of users reporting the fault according to the Down Detector website, which logs reports of online service failures. According to their logs, Messenger first went down at 6:19 EST.
“Messages won’t send nor can I receive messages. None of my conversations can be seen and no previous messages are loading, just a blank screen,” wrote one user.
“Messenger has stopped working on all of my devices,” claimed another.
Hundreds of hapless users flocked to Twitter to vent their frustration