Say it isn't so.
If you were hoping to continue your binge of Hoarders on Netflix yesterday, you may have found yourself out of luck. The streaming service was down for many users.
An outage started on Feb. 3 at around 3:40 p.m. PST and affected many devices streaming Netflix in North America and South America "with a lesser effect on devices in Europe," according to a statement from Netflix to Entertainment Weekly. Most Netflix members had their service restored in less than an hour. "Our engineers are still investigating the cause," the statement also said.
And we're back! Thanks for your patience, everyone. Happy streaming. pic.twitter.com/Q3fbwucgTI
— Netflix US (@netflix) February 4, 2015
But we all know that when something as potentially life-changing as this happens, you don't call your loved ones or get your affairs in order. You take to Twitter to vent your frustrations and basically do the Twitter equivalent of running around and screaming until the pain goes away. Yes of course Twitter freaked out over Netflix's temporary blackout.
If Netflix is down I'll prob cry — lexx ➰ (@alexxamarie26) February 4, 2015
Who else's night has been ruined by Netflix going down? Idek what do with life rn.
— Flexxx (@Markell_Curtis) February 4, 2015
Netflix was down....that was frightening — ChickenFarmer (@ChickenFarmer11) February 4, 2015
Netflix is down. I have come to Twitter for solace... and found nothing.
— Molly Lipski (@Molly_Celeste) February 4, 2015
#Netflix is down.. What am I going to do with my life?? — Imran (@ImranHufflepuff) February 4, 2015
@netflix is down. Might as well burn my clothes and kill my own meat with club. Maybe i' figure out fire or something.
— Tyler McAvoy (@Tyler_MaC) February 4, 2015
#netflixdown...guess I'll finally use amazon prime. — Robin Storie (@Vivalanutrition) February 4, 2015
Netflix is down and I feel like my best friend just died #BecauseItDid
— Megan Doerr (@mdoerr16) February 4, 2015
Can't believe netflix is down. The highlight of my day... gone. I'm just gonna curl up in a corner #Netflix — Sarah Pettinger (@Bunny222333) February 4, 2015
Netflix is breaking the Internet and my heart #netflixdown
— Karli Krantz ♡ (@KarliKrantz) February 4, 2015
You know, when something gives you that much joy and then you can't experience it, it's definitely disappointing. Also, let's not forget about that study linking binge-watching to depression you might have seen around the Internet last week.
But alas, Netflix is back up and running right now, so all of that worrying was for nothing. Just don't do that to us ever again Netflix, OK?
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