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Big chunk of Internet is down: Reddit, StackOverflow, Spotify, Amazon, eBay and more (EDIT: Fixed now, culprit found)
Big chunk of Internet is down: Reddit, StackOverflow, Spotify, Amazon, eBay and more (EDIT: Fixed now, culprit found)
Huge chunk of internet services and sites crashed today, as Fastly, a cache provider, crashed. Among affected sites were Spotify, Amazon, Reddit and hundreds of other sites. 08 Jun 2021
Reddit now hosts videos too
Reddit now hosts videos too
Reddit has launched its own video hosting service for its millions of users, cutting out the need for separate third party uploads. 21 Aug 2017
Turkish government blocks Reddit
Turkish government blocks Reddit
The Turkish government has blocked access to Reddit, once again evoking harsh censorship in the nation. 14 Nov 2015 - 5 comments
Ellen Pao resigns from reddit after tumultuous time as CEO
Ellen Pao resigns from reddit after tumultuous time as CEO
Yesterday, the saga of Ellen Pao took a somewhat unexpected turn as the executive resigned as CEO of reddit. 11 Jul 2015
For 10 year anniversary, Reddit reveals user stats
For 10 year anniversary, Reddit reveals user stats
Reddit proudly posted long awaited user stats in advance of their 10 year anniversary, as the site continues to grow to new heights. 24 Jun 2015
Microsoft denies it pays rep managers to post positively about the Xbox One on Reddit
Microsoft denies it pays rep managers to post positively about the Xbox One on Reddit
Earlier this week, a poster with the name mistysilver made a large post on Reddit claiming that reputation managers were being paid by the software giant Microsoft to post positively about the upcoming Xbox One console 08 Jun 2013 - 4 comments
Bill Gates hits Reddit for AMA
Bill Gates hits Reddit for AMA
Bill Gates has dropped by Reddit today to answer some questions, with some interesting answers regarding Microsoft and his foundation's work. 11 Feb 2013
Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide
Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide
R.I.P Aaron Swartz. Swartz, the celebrated Internet activist took his own life earlier today. He was 26. The programmer was also one of ...... 13 Jan 2013 - 19 comments
Reddit unveils their 2012 traffic data
Reddit unveils their 2012 traffic data
Reddit announced last night that its 2012 traffic numbers are impressive. The site saw 400 million unique visitors and 37 billion page views, ...... 01 Jan 2013
President Obama broke Reddit
President Obama broke Reddit
President Obama managed to break Reddit yesterday. The President had his own AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit yesterday, giving users a 30 ...... 31 Aug 2012 - 1 comment
Digg gets sold for just $500,000
Digg gets sold for just $500,000
The once-popular social sharing site Digg has sold for just $500,000 this week. Bought by Betaworks, the company had raised over $45 million ...... 13 Jul 2012 - 2 comments
Reddit to go dark for 12 hours in protest of SOPA/PIPA
Reddit to go dark for 12 hours in protest of SOPA/PIPA
Reddit has announced a protest of SOPA and PIPA. On January 18 the normal site will be replaced by links to information about the 2 bills. 11 Jan 2012 - 10 comments
Internet activists take aim at legislators pushing SOPA
Internet activists take aim at legislators pushing SOPA
Activists from around the Internet are escalating the war against SOPA from protests to organizing campaigns to defeat legislators supporting the bill. 30 Dec 2011 - 16 comments
     

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