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.

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I see this when I click on Reddit, and have since 1:30pm EST. pic.twitter.com/FJCD9Q7Kom/FJCD9Q7K
Dorrine Mendoza @AssignmentDesk1
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Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:06:06
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— Dorrine Mendoza (@AssignmentDesk1)Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:06:06
Randy Hamilton @RandyHamilton
Update: #Amazon Web Services Down In North Virginia — Reddit, Pinterest, Airbnb, Foursquare, Minecraft And Others... http://bit.ly/X3u7Fl
Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:27:03
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— Randy Hamilton (@RandyHamilton)Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:27:03
Pete Cashmore @mashable
Reddit, Imgur and Airbnb Are Down http://on.mash.to/ShWH1N WH1N
Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:13:14
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— Pete Cashmore (@mashable)Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:13:14
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
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— Shanna (@ShannaNews)Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:19:07
Outages appeared to be sporadic as some users had full access and others were unable to log on.
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
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— reddit status (@redditstatus)Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:31:00
reddit status @redditstatus
site is having some problems and down for some. we're working on it
Mon, Oct 22 2012 09:01:07
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— reddit status (@redditstatus)Mon, Oct 22 2012 09:01:07
TMZ @TMZ
We're sorry, the TMZ website is currently experiencing technical difficulties.
Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:08:22
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— TMZ (@TMZ)Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:08:22
imgur @imgur
Boink! http://imgur.com/gallery/LKNx3 lery/LKNx3
Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:55:49
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— imgur (@imgur)Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:55:49
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
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— imgur (@imgur)Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:46:18
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
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— foursquare support (@4sqSupport)Mon, Oct 22 2012 12:11:42
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
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— Pinterest (@Pinterest)Mon, Oct 22 2012 12:32:43
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
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http://twitter.com/Airbnb/status/260477743223951361
— Airbnb (@Airbnb)Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:28:28
Regular users of these sites, especially Reddit, were quick to express their bewilderment on Twitter.
Rose @RosieLondoner
My ONE night in and Pinterest, Reddit and Instagram are down. Alright, pass the vodka.
Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:21:06
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— Rose (@RosieLondoner)Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:21:06
Matt Mira @MattMira
With reddit down I have no choice but to be productive.
Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:52:11
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— Matt Mira (@MattMira)Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:52:11
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
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— Tobias Mollstam (@mollstam)Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:16:21
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
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— Jeremy Hayworth (@efthemothership)Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:11:11
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
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— John Madden (@TheJohnMadden)Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:16:17
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
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— Christopher Hawley (@CoachHawley)Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:47:25
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
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— Jen Yates (@cakewrecks)Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:46:34
Tim Pool @Timcast
Well... @reddit is down, guess I'll do work or something.
Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:16:50
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— Tim Pool (@Timcast)Mon, Oct 22 2012 11:16:50
Joe Only @akaPhiKS
@Timcast I know, right? My apartment’s never been cleaner, lol.
Mon, Oct 22 2012 12:34:36
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— Joe Only (@akaPhiKS)Mon, Oct 22 2012 12:34:36
The Daily Show Couch @TDSCouch
@Gothamist OHMYSWEETBABYJEEBUS! Pinterest is DOWN? What WILL the hipsters do all day?
Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:12:55
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— The Daily Show Couch (@TDSCouch)Mon, Oct 22 2012 13:12:55
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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— Mark Erickson (@RedditCBJ)Mon, Oct 22 2012 10:50:00

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