That too! All boils down to the unexpected. Reddit back in the day was always crashing too, only really remember it being stable the past few years
I'm guessing a lot of them all at once requires all the various CDN caches to be refreshed, so higher load on the database(s)
In all honesty, there are a ton of us tech enthusiasts who have no problem paying 10-20$ per month to run an instance out of our own pockets. We get the ability to subscribe to content we used to use Reddit for, and we can have a few folks hop on with us. Multiply that by a bunch, and add in community funded instances, and we'll be fine.
Gotta consider server costs were only a fraction of Reddit's costs. Salaries are quite pricey, and we have lots of folks volunteering time which will make it all work.
Take a look at https://browse.feddit.de/
There's a auto-updating list showing even the popularity level - helps a ton finding them!
Current communities are popping up like crazy today and the previous couple days, so it's a bit to keep track of.
Admin-level moderation is getting quite out of hand I see.
"Who in wrote this darn test? It's not even testing the right thing!!"
checks commits
"OH. It was me. I did this to myself."
I mean, it's a message board. It's just unknown actors running the servers, but everything is public anyway so post accordingly.
Reddit was just controlled by a corporation is the only real difference.
Probably restrict them more before IPO would be my guess
This is also very true. Tech sector has been doing layoffs and admittingly these ones are pretty tiny in comparison to some other places, which is another factor why I think there will be more. And burning cash is quite true, which is part of why their investors are probably pushing hard for them to be ready for an IPO.
Initial Public Offer. Basically, the company going public on the stock market. They tend to try and look "shiny" before going public to make them attractive to buyers who want to make money from investing into the company.
In my experience (from working a place that has done this) they will do some waves of layoffs and make some operational budget cuts, as well as sometimes freeze some capex spending so the books look juicier. This includes things that may cause long-term harm, for short ish (under a year) gain.
Script is pretty similar with most companies that do this in tech, with predictable results.
Ahh here it comes. Expect more - IPO layoffs (from personal experience) are definitely a thing
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