A three hour black out on Reddit, on the same day as an attack in Brussels? I'm calling fuckery....
52 2016-03-24 by Putin_loves_cats
This is beyond odd and suspicious. What do you all think? Social media black out on reddit?... Reminds me of an internet kill switch. That's fucking crazy to think about.. Are they getting ducks in order?
32 comments
12 PhilipMarma 2016-03-24
Not the same day, the day after.
7 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
Is it fixed yet? (testing)
Edit: yes, this comment was still here.
They claim to be working on the backlog of missing messages, I wonder if a few will be 'lost in the system' though.
3 zyklorpthehuman 2016-03-24
Yeah, I see you.
5 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
There are still a whole lot of threads with missing comments further down the new queue.
1 zyklorpthehuman 2016-03-24
Did the admins give any explanation or hint at any possible causes? This seems highly unusual.
3 Putin_loves_cats 2016-03-24
According to http://www.redditstatus.com, it was a problem in the comment queue. This is pretty crazy. Just shows how a website could be manipulated. I'm calling fuckery on Reddit. This is not good.
6 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
I just had a thought, what if this is when they tried to set up the new comment routing through the out.reddit domain and because so many users had already blocked it it went completely wrong? Or even more out there, routing it through a Threat Level analyser to really keep tabs on users. /tinfoil
5 Putin_loves_cats 2016-03-24
Meh, idk. That whole thing was browser side on the user end. What ever happened tonight was on the server side. Not sure what to make of it, tbh... Could have something to do with it, but I lean to it not being the issue. Something else is afloat, imo...
2 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
It's equally likely a monumental fuckup occured but hey if I can't make some out-there speculations what's a conspiracist to do? ;)
1 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
My reply to this comment didn't show up in this thread...
Edit: but this one has, WTF?
3 dodgec24 2016-03-24
Could explain why there are so many shills on reddit. Just Santa making his list checking it twice gonna make the elves in his workshop make comment black holes. Merry Christmas everyone.
Edit: I see 15 comments reddit counts 17.
2 zyklorpthehuman 2016-03-24
I had a similar thought but if they're implementing drastic changes why not just use the default 'Reddit is down for maintenance' screen?
Maybe someone on the outside sabotaged or tampered with the site? Maybe they wanted to generate buzz?
-Just thinking out loud
1 Putin_loves_cats 2016-03-24
Dev's fuck up when transferring. Developer here, and have fucked up on transferring code.. Sometimes we are sneaky, sometimes we shut the shit down. Depends.... I'm not a reddit dev, so idk...
1 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
Not so far, have a look in /r/announcements?
2 zyklorpthehuman 2016-03-24
The most recent post there is a month old. I just find it odd that they let the problem persist for hours without notifying users or giving an explanation.
5 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
Probably either running around like headless chickens or analysing the effectiveness of the comment killswitch...
3 dejenerate 2016-03-24
I think it's getting there. I had two gobbled comments, and one is back - the one that popped back was posted three hours ago. The disappeared comment from 38 minutes ago is still AWOL.
2 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
I noticed you can tell which threads haven't been fixed yet because the posts still have no thumbnail images.
1 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
FFS has it broken again? (testing), my last reply to Putin isn't registering.
1 dodgec24 2016-03-24
I can see you but I posted a comment that I cannot see either.
1 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
Still a bit broken then, well played reddit.
1 dodgec24 2016-03-24
I posted a few days ago this sub was broken. I retract my statement the whole ship is sinking. Call Gilligan, were going islanding.
Edit: could this be account specific?
1 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
I realised reddit was really dying last week when I tried to post a link to the March Against Monsanto activity list on /r/monsanto and the mods there had to approve the post as it's blacklisted automatically by reddit... As soon as Miramir launches I'll be splitting my time here with there to help it get off the ground.
1 dodgec24 2016-03-24
I will have to research that thanks for the heads up. Can't even have discussions anymore. Jeez I need a brainwash, gray matter bath.
1 giantfrogfish 2016-03-24
Same
3 captain_teeth33 2016-03-24
things were getting a bit pitchforky in the SandersforPresident camp.
2 dodgec24 2016-03-24
I'm scrolling through some posts with three or five contents and keeps coming up "no data". Can't up vote either gets instant down voted.
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1 MrMarmot 2016-03-24
Yer high.
2 Amos_Quito 2016-03-24
Hey, give the admins a break!
It's a holiday - with OBLIGATORY DRUNKENNESS, ferchrissake!
Let 'em have their debaucherous fun!
/Blassed be Moartechai!
//Curssed be Haamun...
///'hic!
1 [deleted] 2016-03-24
S Hit send
1 calisurf85 2016-03-24
I dont know, but if thats true, itd be a yellow flag for me.
1 jimmyb207 2016-03-24
We've run amuckery in fuckery.
1 zyklorpthehuman 2016-03-24
Did the admins give any explanation or hint at any possible causes? This seems highly unusual.
5 IntellisaurDinoAlien 2016-03-24
Probably either running around like headless chickens or analysing the effectiveness of the comment killswitch...