Reddit outage updates —Thousands of users report popular social media app is down
THOUSANDS of Reddit users reported the platform was having issues at 2pm Thursday.
Over 20,000 issues were reported in the US, and over 2,000 in the UK, per .
Most of the issues reported involved the app with 79 percent of users reporting problems.
As of 3.30pm, it appears the issues have been resolved as reports have dropped into the hundreds, per .
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'The issue has been identified'
Reddit has identified the problem, according to .
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented," the site shared in an update.
Credit: RedditStatus.com 'It seems to be down lately'
Reddit users have also taken to Twitter to address the outage.
One user tweeted that the app seems to be having issues more recently.
Users take to Twitter to complain
Reddit users are taking to Twitter to complain about the outage.
Comments went down first
Reddit users on Twitter noted that comments stopped working before the site went down.
One user wrote in the replies to the Reddit account's post about the supermoon: "Apparently the super moon was too powerful for your app. Comments are down."
"Comments not working on Reddit posts, fix it," another demanded.
Complaints flood Downdetector
Reddit users have taken to the comment section of to discuss the outage.
"Of course the moment I have a question to post the entire app crashes. This simulation is bugged dude"
"are we really still down?! Tell me not to panic. I WILL PANIC!"
Posts aren't refreshing
Reddit users on the website find that posts on their feeds aren't refreshing.
"Sorry, we couldn't load posts for this page," an error message on the site reads.
Credit: Reddit Problems with website and app
Reddit users report that most of the issues are showing up on the website, according to .
However, 41 percent of users are reporting problems with the app as well.
Only 14 percent of users are having issues with the server connection.
