Reddit Down?

December 13, 2006 2:57 PM

Is reddit.com down? I've not been able to ping it or load the page all day.
posted by tehgeekmeister to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Best answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit

Dec. 13, 2006 outage

Reddit went offline in the early hours of Dec. 13, 2006, possibly due to DNS issues.

A static cached version exists on Google servers.
posted by SirStan at 2:59 PM on December 13, 2006

Best answer: from their blog:

Last night we had a bit of a fiasco transfering the domain for reddit.com. We're one day of propagtion delays away from being back on track. Although, to be honest, the spamish landing page was beginning to grow on me.

Accountability is paramount here at reddit hq, but we're not going to play the blame game. Besides, it's clear that the alien was wholly responsible for this blunder.

As a result, we're pleased to announce that the alien is being promoted to senior mascot.

posted by aeighty at 2:59 PM on December 13, 2006

If you add '72.5.28.218' to your hosts file it should load just fine.

Windows XP:

start->run->notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Add to the bottom:
72.5.28.218 reddit.com www.reddit.com

Save, reload.
posted by SirStan at 3:01 PM on December 13, 2006

SirStan: I never would have thought of checking wikipedia for info on a short-term outage. Thanks!
posted by callmejay at 8:47 PM on December 13, 2006

Still not working for me :-(
posted by GregX3 at 8:19 PM on December 14, 2006