Netflix’s Qwikster quickly derided

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings introduces a new service that was once part of the old service — and apologizes for poor communication in the past. People do not seem assuaged.

Fernando Alfonso III

Updated on June 3 2021 2:43 am CDT

News of Netflix’s DVD by mail spin-off, Qwikster, has taken Twitter by storm. In the last few hours, three separate trending topics, “Qwikster,” “Netflix CEO,” and “Reed Hastings,” have been mentioned more than 36,000 times combined, according to statistics from Topsy, a social media search engine.

Here’s what people, and the company, are saying on the micro-blogging site:

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Fernando Alfonso III

Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.