So tonight is census night, and everyone was totally amped to fill out the national survey... until they actually tried.
Hey @ABSCensus, your site isn't working!
Hands up who can't fill out their #census2016 because the site won't let you in!! #censusfail
In fact, people were finding it really difficult to use the site.
Who'd have thunk it? #census2016 #censusfail
20 attempts to hit the Complete My Census button and all achieved this ... #censusfail
Not only was the website not loading for some, but others were slogging through the census, only to have it crash at the last hurdle.
Fucking fuck. I got to the last question on the Census then got up to go and check something then when I got back session timed out!
Things really weren't looking good.
Remember when we thought the government was competent enough to spy on us? Oh, so naive! #CensusFail
Hey #census2016... You had literally one job. #censusfail
But census HQ assured people that everything was totally working fine and nothing was terrible at all.
And thank god not EVERYONE was struggling.
We filled in the @ABSCensus tonight online - v easy to do. And so important for planning better Govt services & investment for the future
V easy to do, you guys. V easy.
Although the ABS has now acknowledged that their website is struggling with traffic and that some users may suffer difficulties.
The ABS & Census websites are currently experiencing an outage. We're working to restore the service. We will keep you updated. Thank you.
Honestly, who’d have thunk a website might struggle when 24 million people log on at once.
Get everyone to log on at the same time. What could possibly go wrong? #census2016
There's never been a more exciting time to fill out the census.
#census2016