Millions of Reddit users worldwide are currently unable to access the site as a result of a widespread outage. This incident coincides with a significant boycott initiated by numerous administrators in protest against recent platform modifications.
Major Reddit Outage concerns users
On June 12, prominent subreddits such as r/videos and r/bestof went offline as a response to proposed charges for third-party app developers utilizing the platform’s Application Programming Interface (API). The implementation of new pricing structures has directly affected the popular iOS app Apollo, which announced its inability to afford the costs and subsequent closure.
Apollo CEO Christian Selig stated that Reddit’s charges would amount to $20 million annually, triggering extensive protests among its communities.
Initially, the social platform’s Status page indicated that all systems were operational, including the website. However, reports soon emerged stating that the Reddit.com homepage failed to load. The status page was subsequently updated to reflect the ongoing outage.
Users attempting to access the site are greeted with the message “Something went wrong. Just don’t panic,” and a pop-up notification stating, “Sorry, we couldn’t load posts for this page.” Similar issues are affecting content loading in the official mobile app.
Its status acknowledges the content loading problem and assures users that efforts are underway to resolve the issues. However, the status page does not provide specific details regarding the cause or an estimated time for resolution. Currently, #Reddit is trending on Twitter and as much as over 100k tweets have flowed in already, people look really frustrated!
