WallStreetBets' popularity broke Reddit's moderation tools
Reddit's r/wallstreetbets just had too much of a good thing.
As traffic to the subreddit hit an all-time high Wednesday, things started to head south on the backend. According to someone familiar with the situation, key moderator tools simply stopped working sometime in the afternoon.
"Mods haven't been able to do some moderation activities since around 6pm (eastern)," they noted.
Modmail, a system which lets subreddit moderators communicate with other redditors, went down. What's more, r/wallstreetbets moderators lost the ability to ban users (including spammers). These problems were immediately followed by r/wallstreetbets moving to an invite-only subreddit — perhaps in a desperate effort to stem the tide of incoming new users.
When asked what they thought might be the cause of the errors, the person familiar with the matter pointed to "extremely high traffic and posting volumes."
No luck.Credit: redditWhen reached for comment, a Reddit spokesperson confirmed the company did not ban r/wallstreetbets, but did not respond to our requests regarding the failing moderator tools.
As of late Wednesday afternoon, a visit to r/wallstreetbets now comes with the following message.
"We are experiencing technical difficulties based on unprecedented scale as a result of the newfound interest in WSB. We are unable to ensure Reddit's content policy and the WSB rules are enforceable without a technology platform that can support automation of this enforcement."
Notably, a lack of moderation — more specifically, allegedly "continuing to allow hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings" — is supposedly what caused Discord to ban the server associated with r/wallstreetbets on Wednesday.
Oh no!Credit: redditThe surge in traffic to r/wallstreetbets follows a (so far) successful effort by the subreddit to drive up the price of GameStop stock in an effort to squeeze hedge fund investors who shorted it. In doing so, the subreddit became the talk of the internet.
SEE ALSO: Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets breaks all-time traffic record as hedge fund bleeds
As of the last count from subredditstats, r/wallstreetbets had around 2 million subscribers. That number had jumped to 3.5 million shortly before the subreddit was made private.
Popularity, it would seem, has its price.
UPDATE: Jan. 28, 2021, 10:13 a.m. PST: The subreddit r/wallstreetbets was made public again late Wednesday. However, as of Thursday morning, some moderator tools — like moderators' ability to delete users' posts — were still malfunctioning.
Related Video: How to know if you (or Donald Trump) violated the First Amendment
TopicsReddit
相关文章
How much will PCB's Champions Cup mentors be paid?
ListentoarticleThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed five distinguished mentors for the upc2024-09-22David Harbour recreated THAT scene from 'The Shining' and it's frankly terrifying
All work and no play makes David Harbour the terrifying star of his own version of The Shining.The S2024-09-22N. Korea unveils memorial stone for founder in Beijing
People prepare to pay their respects to the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim2024-09-22Seoul calls on Pyongyang to stop belligerent rhetoric
South Korea called on North Korea to stop its belligerent rhetoric Friday, dismissing its latest thr2024-09-22- 味道真系正!怀集食材邂逅顺德厨艺_南方+_南方plus借顺德区举办第46届国际龙家具展览会和第36届亚洲国际家具材料博览会之机,8月19日,怀集县联合顺德区在龙江镇S-Park体育公园举办“怀集味道·2024-09-22
Kroos’ volley helps Real Madrid beat Cadiz
MADRID:Toni Kroos scored an impressive volley as Real Madrid beat Cadiz 2-1 to cut the gap on La Lig2024-09-22
最新评论