But do we know why it was down? If it was something like a ddos (or claimed to be) this could be used to vilify the protestors.
we did it reddit
Some possibilities:
Using Occam's Razor, I'd bet on the last option.
I've used rif and old.reddit respectively for so long that I really had no idea how much of a shitshow the ui had turned in too until I checked it out through the official app and new layout style in browser.
No fucking thank you, take your glitter shit and constant ad pushing and jump off a cliff.
The first ad that popped was a promoted post for machine gun kelly. I listen to grindcore, crossover, metal, etc.. That sealed its fate in my eyes.
Same here. I've been using old.reddit with RES and apollo for so long that I forgot reddit even had ads until I tried the official app.
Reddit has long survived with the help of pornography makers. Reddit does not face a quick death.
It's my fault apparently
Always hated that image on the error page. Blaming the user when they are the ones that fucked up. Server errors are never the users fault
I'm guessing hundreds of thousands of uninformed users are getting blocked from subreddits and are constantly retrying.
I hope the major subs stay dark. The only thing keeping reddit afloat is moderators. Without tools the mods would need full time paid positions which is never going to happen. I'd like to see them all burn. Its become a shit show of adds and bots now anyway. Good riddance. I wish someone would incorporate freenets web of trust system to some type of decentralized app like this.
Could they not replace the mods? In the end, don’t they own the subreddits? Who owns the intellectual property?
Chances Reddit did this on purpose to hide the content blackout?
u/Spez will just put the blame on Christian again (Apollo's dev).
But on a little more serious note, I doubt this is on purpose. This would look really bad for the credibility of the platform, there is a LOT of users that just want to keep doomscrolling Reddit and in all honesty don't give a spez(fuck) about what's going on with the protests.
But... if this is on purpose...
Strange decision to say the least.
This would look really bad for the credibility of the platform
From what I've been following, they haven't been too concerned about this since at least a few weeks ago
I'm 99% sure those are automated, so it really doesn't say anything.
Doubt it
https://www.redditstatus.com/history
The other messages are not the same and an automated response would be posted faster.
My money is on a DDoS attack. DDoS attacks are 100% going to happen after what Spez pulled.
That's what I thought first because their infrastructure seems to be shit.
Maybe they just ran out of money and their hosting provider shut them down? Reddit was so desperate with these API fees
And "unprofitable" too.
Nothing more hilarious than /u/spez saying the company is unprofitable right before IPOing
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