Reddit just went ‘dark’, and the site is in chaos

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[ThailandRyan]

There is a reason it went dark. Apparently it is back up now.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23758002/reddit-crashing-api-protest-subreddit-private-going-dark&ved=2ahUKEwjDrMrU-77_AhX3cGwGHczCBHcQFnoECBMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw271CYoiKzscVtPJO4fMZYu

 

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

[bamnutsak]

I found this video to be a reasonable explanation of the current situation.

 

I am not a reddit user, nor an Apollo/iPhone user.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsQQJkoKQE

 

[topt]

Good written one here from yesterday - for those of us who prefer to read rather than listen.....

https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/12/reddit_api_outage/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article