API pricing protests caused Reddit to crash for 3 hours

Thousands of subreddits going dark broke Reddit's website, mobile app.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/api-pricing-protests-caused-reddit-to-crash-for-3-hours/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

API pricing protests caused Reddit to crash for 3 hours

Thousands of subreddits going dark broke Reddit's website, mobile app.

Ars Technica
@arstechnica Good but …. Why would it crash the site?

@tk_uk @arstechnica

I'm asking the same question.
This answer is what corporate gives support when they can't admit the truth.

"A significant number of subreddits shifting to private caused some expected stability issues, and we’ve been working on resolving the anticipated issue."