Reddit went through some issues for many on Monday, with the outage happening the same day as thousands of subreddits going dark to protest the site’s new API pricing terms.
According to Reddit, the blackout was responsible for the problems. “A significant number of subreddits shifting to private caused some expected stability issues, and we’ve been working on resolving the anticipated issue,” spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt tells The Verge. The company said the outage was fully resolved at 1:28PM ET.
Frankly, this Reddit shutdown fuss looks petty, pathetic, and ridiculous.Beg me pardon, I’m just sick of this gloating over Reddit’s death. A month ago you were all sitting around in different subreddits reading news about whiskey, used cars, big boobs and cats. Now you’re united in your desire to dump Reddit in the trash. Reddit will endure, and you will be left on your own in an empty and weird federated social network.