Find out why Reddit went from zero to hero in the latest social media saga. Get the inside scoop on the sudden outage that left users in a frenzy!
Reddit users worldwide exhaled a collective sigh of relief as the popular social media platform emerged from a sudden and widespread outage. Reports flooded in as users struggled to access their favorite subreddits, only to be met with error messages and blank screens. The Reddit app and website were both affected, leaving thousands of users in the digital dark.
Downdetector, the online watchdog for website outages, recorded over 66,000 reports during the peak of the Reddit blackout. The infamous '502 bad gateway error' haunted users as they attempted to refresh their feeds in vain. It was a dark moment for the online community, with Reddit becoming a virtual ghost town.
However, just as quickly as it went down, Reddit rose like a phoenix from the ashes. By 2:17 p.m. EDT, the platform was back up and running, much to the delight of its dedicated users. The company announced that the issue had been resolved, marking the end of a brief but tumultuous downtime that sent shockwaves through the digital landscape.
In a world where social media downtime can cause chaos, Reddit's rapid recovery reminds us of the resilience of digital giants. The incident serves as a stark reminder of the power social media wields over our daily lives and the importance of these platforms in our interconnected world.
By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.
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(Reuters) โ Social media company Reddit was down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com.