Sunday, January 31, 2021

Social media platform Reddit hit by outages in the U.S.

Reddit users reported outages in the U.S. and Canada for a short time on Saturday.


Akarsh Verma
New Delhi
January 31, 2021







HIGHLIGHTS
Several Reddit users reported problems logging in to Reddit on Saturday.
Reddit has been at the center of controversy this week after users from the r/WallStreetBets subreddit kicked off a stock-buying frenzy.
The stock buying frenzy has led to a fierce debate with many on Wall Street calling it market manipulation.

Users in both the US and Canada reported outages on Reddit for a short period on Saturday, with the company admitting there have been “higher error rates” this week amidst newfound attention on the r/WallStreetBets subreddit.

A map on the Downdetector website showed customers reporting issues logging in to Reddit and sending messages, according to Reuters. Regions such as New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C., were affected, as was Toronto.

We did have some issues with higher error rates this week...It meant slower load times for some users but we were never hard down,” a spokesperson for Reddit told Reuters about the latest wave of issues.

Reddit has been at the center of controversy this week after users from the r/WallStreetBets subreddit kicked off a stock-buying frenzy, significantly adding to the value of companies like GameStop and AMC, which had been struggling in the marketplace. The subreddit has approximately six million members.

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