Reddit is down for many as GME goes up

Reddit’s status page currently shows a major outage, and many of The Verge’s staff are unable to load it. Loading the site results in a blank white page.

The site seems to have gone down after GameStop stock shot up 100 percent in late hours of trading. One of Reddit’s most controversial communities, r/WallStreetBets, has championed the stock and was intensely active after the surge. At the moment, it’s unclear if the two are related, but the subreddit seemed to be getting a lot of heavy traffic right before the site went down.

The company has tweeted that it’s identified the issue, and is starting to recover. The site is now accessible to some Verge staff,...

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