Nearly 7,000 Netflix users cried out on social media after the streaming service experienced an outage just before noon on Saturday, according to CNN.
The outage came as Netflix released 34 new movies and TV shows, including classics such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Titanic, and A Cinderella Story.
Netflix. Is. Down. pic.twitter.com/l5KZzzHOKs
— Mitch Gardner (@MitchGardner1) October 1, 2016
netflix is down...... pic.twitter.com/X9ZwzUduOz
— key (@nakiwwi) October 1, 2016
Me when I tried to watch Netflix but found out it's down. pic.twitter.com/VC1YZYkNMu
— Dorian Parks (@AgentDorian) October 1, 2016
The company acknowledged the outage in a Twitter post at 12:25 p.m. stating that they intend to fix the problem as soon as possible.
Hi all - we are aware of streaming issues and we are working quickly to solve them. We will update you when they are resolved.
— Netflix CS (@Netflixhelps) October 1, 2016
@Netflixhelps Have you tried turning it off and on again??
— Stewart Fowler (@thestewfowler) October 1, 2016