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Re: Reddit.com appears to be having an outage

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Post by Majromax »

lcrz wrote: post #112
leetharris wrote: post #59

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No one is upset because reddit wants to make the API paid. Several 3rd party apps were looking forward to working with reddit in this regard. People are upset because: - Reddit has been terrible and dishonest in their communication - Reddit is dropping Twitter-like pricing out of the blue - These prices seem to have the goal of killing 3rd party apps instead of merely being ‘realistic’ or ‘fair’, like Reddit is claim…

The protest has also ignited because of the "dry tinder" left by Reddit's previous shortcomings. If third-party apps were just a niche product rather than something used by subreddit moderators for moderation, then those selfsame moderators would be less likely to join the cause.

Re: Reddit.com appears to be having an outage

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Post by moffkalast »

elegylegacy wrote: post #119
WillPostForFood wrote: post #18

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Or all the ppl missing Reddit are on HN to fill the need.

That's literally why I'm here right now. I usually browse Reddit with my morning coffee, this has been a pleasant alternative

It seems pleasant at first, then you realize that 90% of comments on every post are cynical negativity and I'm not entirely sure if spending much time around here is a good thing because it'm starting to absorb it.

Re: Reddit.com appears to be having an outage

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Post by MuffinFlavored »

13of40 wrote: post #124
sapiogram wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN tends to slow to a crawl every time Reddit is offline, because Redditors come here instead.

Conspiracy theory: Hacker news is actually just a thin layer of code with a subreddit as its back end.

Not anymore with the new increased API costs soon! /s

Re: Reddit.com appears to be having an outage

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Post by ktm5j »

philote wrote: post #93
jonathantf2 wrote: post #54

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Does it? I usually use Reddit on my lunch about this time every day and I can't remember the last time it was down.

I run into issues on occasion, usually with loading comments. I use the web interface. Interestingly, HN is being really slow for me right now and also gave an error when I first loaded it. Maybe something more global is going on, like network or cdn issues?

Me too on the HN issues. East Coast US here

Re: Reddit.com appears to be having an outage

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Post by mjr00 »

mort96 wrote: post #113
EamonnMR wrote: post #78

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I'm surprised he didn't get more flack for this when he last courted controversy by changing posts critical of him.

What surprises me is that he's not ousted by the board yet. Surely at this point he's causing more trouble than he's worth?

Part of spez's job is to be the lightning rod for controversial decisions. The board I'm sure is pushing for the same things (increases in pricing, driving users to the official app) in order to boost metrics before the IPO. Aside from the somewhat pointless AMA where his frustrations came out a bit too much, if you assume that the effective removal of API access had to happen, what do you think he's done wrong during this?

Re: Reddit.com appears to be having an outage

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Post by efdee »

tsunamifury wrote: post #84

Reddit being gone for a while actually makes me feel like the world is a better place. Somehow knowing even for a brief moment no one is there and I’m not missing out on anything makes me feel… more alive and excited to interact with the world. sounds bizarre I know… but I wish more social media shut down now.

And yet, here you are, posting about it.

Re: Reddit.com appears to be having an outage

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Post by chakintosh »

skhr0680 wrote: post #36
r0bbbo wrote: post #6

Lots of speculation on Twitter about this—a failed attempt to re-open all closed subreddits and instate their own moderators. I can't imagine it'd be that, although I do enjoy the conspiracy, and more likely they were using the window of reduced traffic to make some larger changes and they went awry

A meme pointing out that u/spez was a mod of r/jailbait in 2008 was the top post on r/all a few hours ago

Back in the day you could create a subreddit and invite anyone to mod it. The invite would be automatically approved. I suspect this is what happened here.

Re: Reddit.com appears to be having an outage

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Post by piva00 »

gonzo41 wrote: post #144
philote wrote: post #93

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I run into issues on occasion, usually with loading comments. I use the web interface. Interestingly, HN is being really slow for me right now and also gave an error when I first loaded it. Maybe something more global is going on, like network or cdn issues?

I'm also seeing HN being sluggish. But I have crap Australian internet so YMMV.

It is sluggish and throwing some errors. I have a 1Gbps internet connection via fibre in Sweden, so definitely it's not an issue with your connection.
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