Did Luke Cage Break Netflix? Social Media Thinks So

While millions of people were streaming Netflix's Luke Cage over the weekend, the streaming service suffered an hourlong outage Saturday. Suggested Reading New AI TikTok Trend Has Gorillas Posing as Black Women, and Folks are Pissed Steve Harvey’s Gorgeous $15 Million Once Owned by Tyler Perry Rumi Carter’s Funniest Moment Even Made Beyoncé Stop Singing…

While millions of people were streaming Netflix's Luke Cage over the weekend, the streaming service suffered an hourlong outage Saturday.

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https://twitter.com/Netflixhelps/status/782300485248102400

Could it be that Luke Cage’s release had everyone firing up their Netflix accounts and the company's servers couldn't handle the massive traffic? Netflix didn't confirm or deny that Luke Cage caused the outage, but many users on social media assumed so:

https://twitter.com/cheo_coker/status/782314716798550017
https://twitter.com/JosephScrimshaw/status/782331852124065792
https://twitter.com/sedonahuffty/status/782318412177534977
https://twitter.com/LukeCage/status/782331486238158848
https://twitter.com/Elijah_Meeks/status/782336606325714945
https://twitter.com/alicialutes/status/782306323685707776

Netflix's longest outage occurred on Christmas Eve in 2012, and it lasted 10 hours.

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