Reddit suffers MASSIVE outage ahead of planned API changes; Thousands of subreddits go dark
On Monday, June 12, the popular discussion forum Reddit suffered a massive global outage. As many as 45,000 users reported issues accessing the website and different subreddits, as per Downdetector, the online outage monitor. The outage occurred the same day when thousands of subreddits planned to protest the company's new API pricing changes by going private. According to a report, subreddits going dark was in part the reason behind the company suffering the outage. The subreddits are expected to protest till June 14th.
A Reddit spokesperson told The Verge, “A significant number of subreddits shifting to private caused some expected stability issues, and we've been working on resolving the anticipated issue”. The servers began working normally after a couple of hours, however many major subreddits continue to be unavailable to people.
Reddit is a modern forum-based platform where different communities are called subreddits. Subreddits cater to different interests, hobbies, and topics that members can join, post and comment on. These subreddits are managed by moderators who are members that have either begun the community or have been appointed by the creator to manage posts and enforce rules. Some of the major subreddits have as many as 30-40 million members.
Reddit can be accessed either through the official website and app or through many third-party apps that use the Reddit API to build their own user interface and offer additional features for a smoother experience.
In April, Reddit announced changes to its API model to put limits on the number of API requests made by a third-party client. It also updated the pricing terms for API requests. This move was initially seen as a way for the company to make the developers pay
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