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minus-squarexyon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoNah I think they just knew there’d be a drop in traffic and scheduled some maintenance, lol
minus-squareb0son@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf you read the article there’s a quote that distinctly mentions unexpected issues not planned maintenance.
minus-squarexyon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYes. Let us trust what Reddit staff say about it. That feels logical.
minus-squareAzzu@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI mean in this case, you can decide between some theory based on no information at all but unaffiliated, or based on all information but biased. There’s still a good chance that the downtime is unexpected, downtime in general is never good for a site that earns money by people being on it. So I think the “unexpected” case is still more likely than it being intentional.
Nah I think they just knew there’d be a drop in traffic and scheduled some maintenance, lol
If you read the article there’s a quote that distinctly mentions unexpected issues not planned maintenance.
Yes. Let us trust what Reddit staff say about it. That feels logical.
I mean in this case, you can decide between some theory based on no information at all but unaffiliated, or based on all information but biased.
There’s still a good chance that the downtime is unexpected, downtime in general is never good for a site that earns money by people being on it.
So I think the “unexpected” case is still more likely than it being intentional.