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Hey everyone. If you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy!

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[–] PascalSausage@beehaw.org 256 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Too much load? Reddit is down.

Not enough load? Believe it or not, also down.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 53 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'd love to know what it is about subreddits going private that caused issues.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 93 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe some overload caused by a process having to dig deeper to find best/top posts?

[–] bananallama@fedia.io 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

apparently that's exactly the case.

[–] Azzk1kr@feddit.nl 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is an interesting aspect no engineer could have foreseen!

[–] aponigricon@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'd be surprised how much critical infrastructure was implemented through trial and error and has just been left like that for years...

[–] sickmatter@fedia.io 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anything less than 99% of infrastructure working that way would be surprising. Everything is held together with scotch tape and scotch whisky.

[–] Azzk1kr@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I'll be sure to repeat that last line to my fellow team members :D

[–] WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi 24 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] grizzzlay@beehaw.org 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“It’s merely coincidence. But starting Wednesday, our servers will be more robust and you can browse the site using our official app.” - Spez, while sniffing a decanter of human shit

[–] 10EXP@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

God we need indefinite blackouts.

[–] PascalSausage@beehaw.org 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s entirely possible that they’ve made some assumptions about what a “normal” level of traffic looks like when writing code for their backend, which has caused some things to break when that has changed.

Not our fault if their code is shit.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How is that an example of bad code?

[–] PascalSausage@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Honestly, it’s probably not - if I’m actually right this is likely an issue that Reddit’s engineers never predicted would happen so never planned for it. I was being hyperbolic.

[–] sickmatter@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not reactive. A proper reactive system can handle fluctuations in usage patterns more robustly.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm having a hard time believing the claim that Reddit's code isn't reactive.

[–] Gork@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if it's just a gigantic, mess of nested if-else statements.

[–] Asifall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Gotos all the way down

[–] democracy1984@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe, but this was a huge increase in usage. Reddit never expected to deal with anywhere near thousands of subs going private simultaneously.

[–] mike@fedia.io 14 points 1 year ago
[–] mizmoose@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

The servers run on the tears of bitter whiny CEOs.

[–] sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

They're lying. Fish swim, birds fly, sun shines, Reddit lies.

[–] possiblylinux127@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Probably a drop in usage flagged some internal test

[–] ApathyMoose@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago

Want Free API? Straight to down status.

Want cheaper API? Also straight to down status

Not enough people on Reddit because of protests? Also straight to down status

[–] CelebrationMassive87 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This comment is so good an upvote won’t do justice (without awards, a classic comment such as this now has some merit.. it’s a new day boys & girls, a good day)

[–] PascalSausage@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

If Beehaw offered awards I would actually buy them, at least the money would be going towards keeping the lights on for a project that isn't actively trying to screw over users for profit.

[–] smellythief@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Give them some gold. Oh wait…

[–] deephurting@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Rebelling moderators, we have a special jail for rebelling moderators.

[–] lunarshot@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

thank you, this comment made my day

[–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Lol, this made me chuckle out loud. Good job Sausage man!