Reddit back up in UAE after second major outage in 2 days affects thousands globally

The company said on Wednesday it had rolled out a fix for a software bug that prevented tens of thousands of people from accessing the social media platform

Published: Thu 21 Nov 2024, 10:13 PM

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Reddit has resolved a problem with its website, the social media company said on Thursday after the outage impacted thousands of users for about an hour.

The social media platform was down for thousands of users, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, a day after Reddit said it had fixed a software bug.

"We have fixed the problem and have returned to normal operation," Reddit said on its status page on Thursday.

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The outage began around 10 a.m. ET (7pm UAE time) and at its peak impacted more than 70,000 users in the United States, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including users.

Reddit's status page confirmed the issue with its website at 10:51 a.m. ET (7.51pm UAE time). The social media company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Users in the UAE had faced issued with the social media platform as well, with reports peaking at around 7.29pm.

As per Downdetector, 300 users in the UAE had reported problems.

The company said on Wednesday it had rolled out a fix for a software bug that prevented tens of thousands of people from accessing the social media platform.

Co-founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in 2005, Reddit is a platform where users share links and participate in discussions within interest-based communities called subreddits.

(With input from Reuters)

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