When life gets you down, there’s always one thing that will be there for us.
No matter how rough things get, we’ll always have our beloved Netflix to stand by us through thick or thin. No matter what, right? Right?!
If you were up late last night and having trouble binging through your favourite show, then you’re not alone.
Beloved streaming site Netflix went down some time around 2am and came back online around two hours later, with those watching from web browsers unable to watch for the entire time.
We are aware that some customers are seeing errors when visiting Netflix's website and we are working to solve this as quickly as possible.
— Netflix CS (@Netflixhelps) July 31, 2016
While most of us were lucky enough to sleep through the site’s outage, there were many around the world who weren’t so lucky.
For some, the prospect of a quiet night in watching Breaking Bad for the fifth time was ruined. And you’ve got to feel for them.
Netflix is down. NETFLIX IS DOWN!!! pic.twitter.com/wnNEpNBb8k
— Ashley Wagner (@AshWagner2010) July 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/anggaribaldi/status/759562951820972032
https://twitter.com/visionary_mike/status/759568466797920256
When #netflix is down and you have no choice but to leave the house and commune with nature #netflixdown pic.twitter.com/Cr7AwHFopY
— bethany 🐯 (@bmj_br) July 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/laureningram/status/759561880956350467
https://twitter.com/SunniAndTheCity/status/759560630885941248
https://twitter.com/EmackWilliams/status/759559686018347008
And people quickly began drawing a link between the Netflix outage and the streaming site’s massively popular new show, Stranger Things.
Netflix is down??? My #strangerthings obsession is real and this outage just confirmed it. Pleaaaaaase fix this in begging 😳🙏🏼
— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) July 31, 2016
My Netflix has for some reason just cut out and I'm halfway through #StrangerThings and I'm very distressed right now.
— Amy Stevenson (@amy_stevenson5) July 31, 2016
Ah, the kids are finally in bed. Time to relax and watch some Stranger Things. "Netflix Site Error" 🙁 @netflix pic.twitter.com/G1UTs4qtyH
— Douglas Fisher (@DougCFisher) July 31, 2016
That moment Netflix turns off in the middle of watching @Stranger_Things…😬 pic.twitter.com/UOZUn6PpJ3
— Gabby (@gabkirschh) July 31, 2016
But in times of trouble, the community bands together to help out the less fortunate.
Netflix is down. Please let me know if you need me to act out episodes of #StrangerThings to tide you over. I'm here for you.
— Allie Mac Kay (@alliemackay) July 31, 2016
Please never betray us again, Netflix.
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