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When Netflix users experienced outages Tuesday evening they turned to Twitter to make their own live stream drama.<\/p>\n

oh my god Netflix is not working what am I supposed to do with myself<\/p>\n

\u2014 justine almighty (@nilourrys) February 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

Netflix representatives did not respond to a request for comment this afternoon, but told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that the outage started in South America around 3:40 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tweets about the outage trended for hours, including posts from snowed in North American customers who were ready to enjoy a laid back evening. Some customers were especially upset when Netflix crashed near the climax of their favorite show.<\/p>\n

Thanks twitter for confirming my suspicions that Netflix is not working for anyone.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Roll Tide Ben (@rolltide_ben) February 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Netflix said they are still investigating what caused the outage. Users were still tweeting about outages into Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

When my netflix is down pic.twitter.com\/SiyU3xEtNd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Netflix (@TheNetflixLife) February 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Photo at top: The ubiquitous loading wheel plagued viewers across America on Tuesday. (Juan Garrido\/Creative Commons)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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