LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network backed by Microsoft corporation. It was launched in 2003, and since then, it has been the central professional platform for career development with different individuals including Job seekers, technical recruiters, and industry leaders use LinkedIn. It is the go-to network that allows people to get their dream jobs or a career starting internship and to learn a new skill with LinkedIn learning. Recently, the professional giant experienced a collapse in service when a technical issue caused an outbreak on the network.
The outbreak caused thousands of users to complain about lost followers. Also, some company profiles went missing from the network as per relevant sources. According to the graph, many users experienced problems in the last 24 hours. There has yet to be an official announcement from LinkedIn developers.
The outrage affected thousands of users on LinkedIn, causing multiple losses to firms that use it for marketing and social campaigns. LinkedIn’s social support team took Twitter to respond to all reports and said, “currently working on a fix.“
David Stinner, president and founder of US itek, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based MSP, said the rapid response from users complaining about the LinkedIn problems is a sign of just how unforgiving users are for any kind of outage, downtime, or technical problems. “LinkedIn is used every day by human resources, and for sales and marketing, it’s pretty important in today’s world to operate and use a LinkedIn account,” he said. “That said, I think it is unrealistic for people to think that every system needs to be available instantaneously 100 percent of the time.”
The website outrage detector was also flooded with nearly 9000 reports on the downtime of the professional platform. According to the filings, LinkedIn servers fell under crash for 40 minutes.
Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in 2016 with the mission of growing a professional networking site. The deal was finalized for $26.2 billion, and the tech giant then also integrated the platform with Microsoft’s enterprise software, such as Office 365.
