Reddit goes down, users face existential crisis

11 Aug, 2016 23:58 / Updated 8 years ago

The popular social media website Reddit crashed during a routine software upgrade. While it was expected to be up and running shortly, its absence created a massive void in its users’ lives, forcing them to either stay busy or complain about it on Twitter.

They complained about it on Twitter.

Approximately three hours later, Reddit was up and running with only a few errors. Users did not rejoice, but they did stop complaining.