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Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:58:32
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Reddit goes down. Takes attention economy with it.

Monday afternoon several websites, including Reddit, suffered outages. Other sites reportedly having problems include Airbnb, Cue, Imgur, Foursquare, Netflix and TMZ. Mashable reports the problem is with Amazon web services. Reddit alone receives about 35 million visitors a month, Mashable reported.

  1. I see this when I click on Reddit, and have since 1:30pm EST. http://pic.twitter.com/FJCD9Q7K
    Dorrine Mendoza@AssignmentDesk1
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    Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:06:06
  2. RandyHamilton
    Randy Hamilton@RandyHamilton
    Update: #Amazon Web Services Down In North Virginia — Reddit, Pinterest, Airbnb, Foursquare, Minecraft And Others... bit.ly/X3u7Fl
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:27:03
  3. mashable
    Pete Cashmore@mashable
    Reddit, Imgur and Airbnb Are Down on.mash.to/ShWH1N
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:13:14
  4. ShannaNews
    Shanna@ShannaNews
    Apparnetly a lot of site servers down.. Amazon cloud server, reddit, airbnb, tmz, Imgur, Cue, & maybe Netflix #CaseoftheMondays
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:19:07
  5. Outages appeared to be sporadic as some users had full access and others were unable to log on. 
  6. redditstatus
    reddit status@redditstatus
    The site is down right now. It appears to be a network-related issue. We are investigating.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:31:00
  7. redditstatus
    reddit status@redditstatus
    site is having some problems and down for some. we're working on it
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 09:01:07
  8. TMZ
    TMZ@TMZ
    We're sorry, the TMZ website is currently experiencing technical difficulties.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:08:22
  9. imgur
    imgur@imgur
    Boink! imgur.com/gallery/LKNx3
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:55:49
  10. imgur
    imgur@imgur
    Imgur was down due to an error with Amazon Web Services, but should be back up for most users at this time.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:46:18
  11. 4sqSupport
    foursquare support@4sqSupport
    You may have noticed that some of your favorite sites are down, including Foursquare. We're hoping things will be back to normal soon!
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 12:11:42
  12. Pinterest
    Pinterest@Pinterest
    Hi Pinners, we are currently experiencing site issues and working hard to resolve this as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 12:32:43
  13. Airbnb
    Airbnb@Airbnb
    Status update: Site's still down, and we're still hard at work at getting back up ASAP. Will keep you posted.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:28:28
  14. Regular users of these sites, especially Reddit, were quick to express their bewilderment on Twitter.
  15. RosieLondoner
    Rose@RosieLondoner
    My ONE night in and Pinterest, Reddit and Instagram are down. Alright, pass the vodka.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:21:06
  16. MattMira
    Matt Mira@MattMira
    With reddit down I have no choice but to be productive.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:52:11
  17. mollstam
    Tobias Mollstam@mollstam
    AWS is currently down. Minecraft and Scrolls affected. Go on Reddit while you wait. #ohsnap
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:16:21
  18. efthemothership
    Jeremy Hayworth@efthemothership
    Well, this afternoon is going to be really boring if reddit is down the whole time.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:11:11
  19. TheJohnMadden
    John Madden@TheJohnMadden
    With reddit down I went to pinterest for my daily classroom distraction. Obviously I've lost all faith in humanity for the day.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:16:17
  20. CoachHawley
    Christopher Hawley@CoachHawley
    Both @Hudl & @reddit are down? My Work and anti work at the same time?!?! What do I do?!?! #nothing #absolutelynothing
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:47:25
  21. cakewrecks
    Jen Yates@cakewrecks
    Don't you hate it when you can't complain about Pinterest being down because then everyone would know you're not working?
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:46:34
  22. Timcast
    Tim Pool@Timcast
    Well... @Reddit is down, guess I'll do work or something.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:16:50
  23. akaPhiKS
    Joe Only@akaPhiKS
    @Timcast I know, right? My apartment’s never been cleaner, lol.
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 12:34:36
  24. TDSCouch
    The Daily Show Couch@TDSCouch
    @Gothamist OHMYSWEETBABYJEEBUS! Pinterest is DOWN? What WILL the hipsters do all day?
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:12:55
  25. RedditCBJ
    Mark Erickson@RedditCBJ
    "Reddit is down" *close tab* *wonders what's on reddit* "Reddit is down" *close tab* *wonders what's on reddt* #rinse #repeat
    Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:50:00

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