Ukungazinzi okukhulu kuhlasela izinkundla zentando yabantu ezintathu ze-Meta ngoLwesihlanu, ngoJuni 12, 2026, njengoba izikhalazo zafinyelela ezingaphezu kuka-5 000 ku-Downdetector. Abasebenzisi abaningi bathola ukuthi amakhasi abo axhunywe futhi abakwazanga ukungena kabusha. Lesi sigameko sihambisane nokukhala okukhulu ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ikakhulukazi ku-X (okwakuyi-Twitter).
Izinsiza ezithintekile nezikhathi zokungaphumeleli
I-Downdetector, inkundla eqapha izikhalazo zezinhlelo zokusebenza, ikhombise ukuthi imibiko yokungazinzi yaqala cishe ngo-10:40 kusihlwa. Inani lezikhalazo lakhula ngokushesha futhi lafinyelela umkhawulo ngo-11:45, lidlula izinkulungwane ezinhlanu. I-Instagram, i-WhatsApp ne-Facebook konke kucashunwe ngabantu abaningi ngesikhathi esisodwa. Abaningi abakwazanga ukuvula amaprofile noma ukuthumela imiyalezo, ngokusho kwemibiko kuleli thuluzi lokuhlola.
Ukuxhunywa okwephukile nokungenwa ngemvume
Emithonjeni efana ne-X, abasebenzisi babuza ukuthi ukungaphumeleli kwakujwayelekile yini. Abanye babike ukuthi ama-akhawunti abo axhunywe kuserver ababewusebenzisa. Umbhalo othile wathi: “I-Insta ne-Facebook kwenye indawo kuwile?” Omunye wabhala: “I-Instagram iwile? I-akhawunti yami ikhishwe futhi angikwazi ukungena kabusha.” Lezi zimpendulo zikhombisa ukudumala kwalabo abashiywe bengenakho ukufinyelela izinsiza ngenkathi yekusihlwa.
Ukuthula kwe-Meta nokuphendula kuka-Andy Stone
ICNN yaxhumana noHlelo lwezokuxhumana lwe-Meta ukuze iqonde izimbangela zalesi senzakalo, kodwa ayizange ithole impendulo kuze kube sekupheleni komhlangano. Ukungabi khona kwempendulo esemthethweni ngokushesha kwaholela ekuqageni okwengeziwe phakathi kwabasebenzisi. Kodwa-ke, ntambama, u-Andy Stone, umqondisi wezokuxhumana we-Meta, wasebenzisa i-X ukuze athe: “Siyabuya, nakuba kungathatha isikhashana ukuthi konke kubuyele esimweni.”
Ukusabela komphakathi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana
Emahoreni alandelayo, amakhulukhulu okuthunyelwe ku-X abonisa ukusabela kwabantu baseBrazil ekungazinzeni. Ukuhlekisa nokucasuka kwahlangana. Eminye imibono yafaka: “I-Instagram iwile… abangashadile ekugcineni bathole ukuthula kosuku, bayajabula?” Omunye wabhala: “Mina ngokushesha ngiya ku-Twitter ngemuva kokuthi i-Instagram iwile.”
Omunye umbhalo watholakala: “I-Instagram iwile manje i-WhatsApp?”
Futhi: “Isiko lokuza ku-Twitter ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-Instagram iwile.”
Omunye wathi: “Abantu bangena ku-Twitter ukuze bazi ukuthi i-Instagram iwile nembala.”
Ukuqhubeka nokusebenza nokusilela
Lesi sigameko sikhombisa ukuthi impilo yedijithali ixhumene kanjani nokusebenza okungaphazamiseki kwalezi zinkundla. Naphezu kwethembiso lokubuyiselwa, ukubambezeleka ekubuyeleni esimweni okuphelele kwabangela ukukhathazeka phakathi kwezigidi zabantu abathembele ezinsizeni ze-Meta ukuze baxhumane futhi basebenze.