Reddit goes down just as a site-wide protest against its unpopular new API policy kicks off

Reddit goes down just as a site-wide protest against its unpopular new API policy kicks off

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/12/reddit-goes-down-just-as-a-site-wide-protest-against-its-unpopular-new-api-policy-kicks-off/

Just as thousands of Reddit communities went dark to protest the company’s controversial new policy that will put third-party apps out of business, the website itself has gone down. The cause of the outage, for the time being, is unclear. But according to user reports, Reddit.com has been experiencing problems since around 10:25 AM EDT. However, Reddit’s own Status page is showing “all systems operational,” including its website.

That doesn’t appear to reflect the current situation, as reports are now flooding in indicating that the Reddit.com homepage won’t load. [Update: June 12, 11:04 AM ET: the status page has been updated to reflect the outage.]

Reddit goes down just as a site-wide protest against its unpopular new API policy kicks off

Jun 12, 2023, 3:24pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/12/reddit-goes-down-just-as-a-site-wide-protest-against-its-unpopular-new-api-policy-kicks-off/ > Just as thousands of Reddit communities went dark to protest the company’s controversial new policy that will put third-party apps out of business, the website itself has gone down. The cause of the outage, for the time being, is unclear. But according to user reports, Reddit.com has been experiencing problems since around 10:25 AM EDT. However, Reddit’s own Status page is showing “all systems operational,” including its website. > That doesn’t appear to reflect the current situation, as reports are now flooding in indicating that the Reddit.com homepage won’t load. [Update: June 12, 11:04 AM ET: the status page has been updated to reflect the outage.]