Ok seems that it is back up now. Apparently a whole bunch of random subs got banned & are returning. Looks like something went wrong over at reddit HQ.
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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This is itself a sad picture of what has happened to that site. A medium sized sub goes down and everyone's immediate expectation is that the cause is a management decision rather than a technical problemm
The administration of Reddit has shown enough times that it's interests are not aligned with its users'.
Is far more remarkable when things go right over at Reddit HQ.
r/comicbooks as well.
Is it time we rolled out the welcome mat?
ETA: r/Melbourne seems to be back online
Estimated time of arrival?
Edit to add 😉
It'd take it as a compliment Melbourne
I was under the impression the r/Melbourne mods had attempted to show some solidarity, got out voted by their user base and had thus left the sub largely unmoderated. Perhaps a part of it?
Apparently it was a back end glitch on reddits end and a bunch of subs were affected. Major twitter deja vu right now....
Grabs popcorn …
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