An Amazon support member trying to help a subscriber on Twitter on Saturday inadvertently created a frenzy on social media when it appeared to "deliver a United Ireland".
For some background, Amazon Prime Video have purchased the broadcasting rights for the Autumn Nations Cup in the United Kingdom, meaning they're showing each of the rugby internationals on their streaming platform.
However, Amazon Prime Video do not have the broadcasting rights in Ireland with those divvied up between Premier Sports and RTÉ.
Chris Jones was tweeting to the AmazonHelp account on Saturday as he was having difficulty getting access to the rugby. After troubleshooting a number of issues, the account believed it had discovered the source of the issue.
The game was only available to users in the United Kingdom.
https://twitter.com/_chrisjones_/status/1327651784303710209
https://twitter.com/AmazonHelp/status/1327654526963376128
Initially, the admin vigorously defended their belief in a United Ireland.
https://twitter.com/AmazonHelp/status/1327656661486628865
"Yep, we'll take it under advisement."
https://twitter.com/AmazonHelp/status/1327686786261413890
And so began the celebration that Amazon Prime had delivered a United Ireland.
https://twitter.com/daraobriain/status/1327702068254171137
https://twitter.com/tom_mcc01/status/1327753859675148289
https://twitter.com/malonebarry/status/1327708890155413515
https://twitter.com/amandataub/status/1327713733536329731
Despite initially appearing fearlessly nationalistic, Amazon Prim
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