Reddit Users Face Outage Issues
Major Outage Affects Platform for Extended Period
Reddit, the popular social news aggregation and discussion website, experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday afternoon, leaving many users unable to access the platform.
The outage began around 12:30 PM EST and lasted for nearly an hour. During this time, users were met with an error message that read, "Oops, something went wrong."
According to Downdetector, a website that tracks website outages, the number of Reddit problem reports spiked at around 12:45 PM EST. The reports came from users all over the world, indicating that the outage was widespread.
Cause of Outage Unknown
The cause of the outage is not yet known, but Reddit has acknowledged the issue and is working to resolve it.
In a tweet, Reddit said, "We're aware that some users are having issues accessing Reddit. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible."
Users Frustrated by Outage
The outage caused frustration among Reddit users, many of whom took to other social media platforms to express their annoyance.
"Reddit is down and I'm going through withdrawal," one user tweeted.
"I need my Reddit fix!" another user wrote.
Outage Resolved After Nearly an Hour
The outage was finally resolved at around 1:30 PM EST. Reddit has not yet provided an update on the cause of the outage, but the platform is now functioning normally.
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