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Reddit broke today: Looks like it doesn't like dark subs

https://lemmy.world/post/74772

Reddit broke today: Looks like it doesn't like dark subs - Lemmy.world

Just logged into reddit, from Canada, it’s not working correctly. I suspect so many subs going dark have unveiled a bug that has broken some algorithms. Here’s hoping they are a pain to fix and require a significant reengineering effort. Anyone confirm the same behavior?

Jun 12, 2023 at 2:42pmWeb
Show threadglobalboy70Jun 12, 2023
Maybe, this is the day the CEO goes..."hmm, maybe I was wrong, and communities are important to reddit, and the value of free moderation far out weighs my API idiocy", but probable not because CEO tend to be self centered, sociopaths so will most likely double down. Good let's just move to lemmy and mastodon get federation working between them and centralized corporate internet that always screws their communities after we create the value.
Show threadSPOOSERJun 12, 2023
And then the ceo thinks: "Oh well, better use this downtime to start finding new mods for communities that wont go back up in two days!"
Show threadMonkCanatellaJun 12, 2023
Maybe they're doing "server maintenance" for the next 48 hours so the blackout seems like it was just planned maintenance lmao
Show threadBautznersenfJun 12, 2023
Messaging doesn't currently support that at all though.
Show threadGikiskiJun 12, 2023
Monday, no long weekend, 10 EDT, perfect time to do maintenance.
Show threadmacnielJun 12, 2023
"Something" went wrong, yeah :)
Show threadcanthidiumJun 12, 2023
Definitely something going on. Redditstatus.com shows everything operational. I noticed weird bugs yesterday too like images for different posts on the main page. Funny how less users has made it more broken.
Show threadlombargJun 12, 2023
redditstatus.com just updated, now it says that there is a major outage. No specifics though
Show thread💡dimJun 12, 2023
All the hidden subs has broken every web crawler in the world, so crawler bots have ended up ddos'ing reddit :D
Show threadx_marty97Jun 12, 2023
Also from Canada, dead on my end too. It's hard to imagine the servers crashing with so much less traffic than usual (even if those servers are probably just a few toasters duct-taped together)
Show threadAnders Rytter HansenJun 12, 2023
@globalboy70 yes same here. nice job!
Show threadcollegefurtraderJun 12, 2023
I broke Reddit :(
Show threadteoriaJun 12, 2023
Show threadghoonrhedJun 12, 2023

It's cloudflare. https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/

It's taken down Reddit and also Kbin and Hacker News. Good for Kbin, gives them time to up their resources that isn't their fault.

Kinda a hilarious timing really.

Show threadLucienJun 12, 2023
good call
Show threadConstipatedFoxJun 12, 2023
That's one hell of a coincidence
Show threadabff08f4813cJun 12, 2023
I tried to go on kbin to write that reddit was down .. only to discover kbin is down too!
Show threadStrikerJun 12, 2023
Kbin and Reddit being down proves that God is on Lemmy's side. Its a sign from the Lord I tell ya.
Show threadmacnielJun 12, 2023
Odin is with us!
Show threadthepenis_mightierJun 12, 2023
God. Every time I see "new" reddit, I vomit a little bit inside. Old reddit for life, and I guess this is it.
Show threadTrashitagainJun 12, 2023

I mean, is it more likely that they’re trying to save face by breaking the website, that they’re incompetent, or that some angry users are ddosing?

I’d go incompetence, ddos, deliberate in that order.

Show threadArt35ianJun 12, 2023
Who cares. Lemmy is up.
Show threadŁumało [he/him]Jun 12, 2023
The only correct atitude
Show threadObiJun 12, 2023
My instance seems to be going on and off though.
Show threadPriorProjectJun 12, 2023

Also discussed in https://lemmy.world/post/74649.

I did not call yesterday that reddit would be having worse availability problems than Lemmy today.