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Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Week 1
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this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Too much load? Reddit is down.
Not enough load? Believe it or not, also down.
I'd love to know what it is about subreddits going private that caused issues.
Maybe some overload caused by a process having to dig deeper to find best/top posts?
apparently that's exactly the case.
That is an interesting aspect no engineer could have foreseen!
You'd be surprised how much critical infrastructure was implemented through trial and error and has just been left like that for years...
Anything less than 99% of infrastructure working that way would be surprising. Everything is held together with scotch tape and scotch whisky.
I'll be sure to repeat that last line to my fellow team members :D
I like this idea. I imagine that with the top subs being dark the automated top posts that get scrounged up may be too terrifying for the front page and they hit the panic button while they scramble to curate through the absolute worst filth they've ever seen.