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Reddit has recovered from another outage
Following some apparent outages on Thursday, Reddit dealt with more issues Friday evening that lasted for around two hours. Initially, when I logged in on my desktop browser during Friday’s outage, Reddit wouldn’t load at all — I would just run into error pages. In an incognito window, the site loaded, though it seemed to load slower than usual. I…
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Reddit is reportedly experiencing some outages
Reddit is experiencing “international outages,” NetBlocks, a global internet monitor, said in a post Thursday evening. The organization notes that the incident is “not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering. There’s also been a big spike of reports on Downdetector, with the site showing a peak of more than around 47,000 reports as of this writing. I’ve seen many…
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Reddit vs. Wall Street: the latest in the GameStop saga
It hasn’t been a good day for WallStreetBets, as GameStop’s stock has plummeted today. AMC, the community’s other bet, dropped as well. But unlike previous dips, the stocks don’t appear to be rallying. Prices stayed low for the entire trading day, something that hasn’t happened since WallStreetBets became a household name one week ago. When the market closed today, the…
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Hundreds of fake Reddit sites push Lumma Stealer malware
Hackers are distributing close to 1,000 web pages mimicking Reddit and the WeTransfer file sharing service that lead to downloading the Lumma Stealer malware. On the fake pages, the threat actor is abusing the Reddit brand by showing a fake discussion thread on a specific topic. The thread creator asks for help to download a specific tool, another user offers to help…
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These Severance Season 2 Plot Theories on Reddit Actually Make Sense
2025 is lined up with some of the most exciting releases, however, a major part of that anticipation is covered by Severance Season 2. This series brought in a fairly new concept that won over millions of hearts making its first season one of the most-watched shows in Apple TV+’s catalogue. Now that its season 2 is coming out people…
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Alternatives to Elon Musk’s Twitter: Mastodon, Threads, Reddit, Cohost, Tumblr, and more
As I write this, there are a lot of social network users who are wondering if they should look for a new home. Over at X, Elon Musk has essentially become part of the incoming Trump administration, while various changes have made the formerly popular social network a dark and forbidding forest for many of its former inhabitants. Meanwhile, Meta’s…
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I Want to See Reddit Make These 5 Improvements in the Future
Reddit has made significant changes to its platform recently, but there’s still room for improvement. Here are five meaningful changes that could make the social media giant’s experience better for everyday users. A More Intuitive Search System Reddit’s current search functionality is, in a word, lacking. While you can usually track down popular posts with a few keywords, finding that…
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The 24 Funniest and Rare Reddit Trophies and Achievements You Can Get
If you’ve checked out someone’s profile on Reddit, you’ve probably seen that they have a collection of achievements and trophies on the right side of the screen. Some are cooler than others, so let’s go over a few that are sure to impress fellow Redditors. 1 Well-Rounded Reddit The well-rounded trophy has a fun little graphic of Reddit mascot Snoo…
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Reddit is profitable for the first time ever, with nearly 100 million daily users
Reddit just turned a profit for the first time. As part of its third-quarter earnings results released on Tuesday, the company reported a profit of $29.9 million, along with $348.4 million in revenue — a 68 percent increase year over year. The company hasn’t been profitable at any point in its nearly 20-year history. Since going public, Reddit lost $575…
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Paywalled Subreddits Are Coming to Reddit and I’m Worried
Reddit’s open, community-first nature has allowed it to see exponential growth over the years, hitting a 54% year-on-year growth in Q2 2024, to be specific. However, Reddit’s recent Q2 2024 earnings call has me worried, big time. From the looks of it, Reddit is probably working to introduce “exclusive” content to the platform, that may be locked behind a paywall.…
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