The recent two-hour disruption of facebook and instagram services resulted in a significant financial loss for Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, amounting to around 25,000 crores (approximately 2.79 billion dollars). This interruption occurred while Zuckerberg was in india attending the wedding ceremony of Anant Ambani, son of indian billionaire mukesh Ambani.
Social media users quickly turned the incident into humorous memes, suggesting that Zuckerberg's visit to india, particularly for the wedding, was the cause of the service interruption. The memes playfully imply that Zuckerberg's focus on the wedding may have led to the neglect of facebook and instagram, resulting in the crash.
While the memes circulated, netizens also expressed surprise at the substantial financial setback Zuckerberg faced during the two-hour outage. Some netizens sympathized with the CEO, jokingly mentioning the cost of Anant Ambani's dinner as a contributing factor. Zuckerberg's net worth dropped to 176 billion dollars in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and Meta shares saw a 1.6 percent decline.
Despite the financial setback, Zuckerberg retained the fourth position in the list of the world's wealthiest individuals. The incident has sparked discussions about the financial implications of service interruptions for large tech companies, with users contemplating the potential losses for longer periods of downtime.
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