Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.
There was plenty of criticism surrounding Friday’s much-hyped Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing event streaming on Netflix, but it had nothing to do with the boxers in the ring. Issues with video streaming quality, pixelation, stuttering and even outright crashes lit up social media well before the main event, as undercard fighters slugged it out. Tracking website downdetector.com showed a surge of reports of problems with Netflix’s website beginning just before 9 p.m. ET.
Users on X shared gifs of highly pixelated videos, or images of wires and comments suggesting that the streaming company’s IT department must be in for a rough night. Some even dusted off the old “connecting” screen from the internet's America Online days to make a joke about the problems. The hashtags #NetflixFight, #buffering and #netflixcrash trended on the social media platform. Netflix had no immediate comment, a spokesperson said in response to an emailed inquiry.
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