7 Things You Can Do While Reddit Is Offline
Reddit’s Dead. That’s What I Said.
The social news site Reddit has been offline all morning. As a result geeks around the world are itching for a quick fix of links to an odd array of stories that seemingly have little in common.
It’s been suggested that Reddit’s outage might actually improve worker productivity in the tech industry. Personally, I think that sounds like crazy talk. I’m not about to let a Reddit outage suddenly make me more productive.
Here are a few things you can do while Reddit’s offline. Remember, any of these things beats actually going back to work:
- Blog about it. Like I just did.
- Post your story to Digg.
- Update Reddit’s wikipedia entry noting the outage.
- Check Digg, Netscape, and Slashdot for an update on the outage.
- Check Reddit’s whois record to see if you can diagnose the problem.
- Create an ad hoc support group. IM all of your friends to make sure that they’ve heard that Reddit’s down.
- Search Google news to see if the mainstream media has picked up the story. If it has you might need to reconsider your use of Reddit.
There are probably a few more things, but I gotta get started right now before Reddit comes back online.
UPDATE: If this post is to be believed, Reddit is the victim of a botched domain transfer. They’re blaming the alien. Why do humans always blame the aliens??
Technorati Tags: Social Bookmarks, Reddit
RSS
8 Comment(s) so far
1. argh! wrote on December 13th, 2006 at 11:21 am
I’ve already done all those things — now what?! Please.. Don’t make me work!
2. Kirk wrote on December 13th, 2006 at 11:50 am
Here’s No. 8:
Install Scuttle on your webserver and start your own bookmarking service. Scuttle doesn’t have voting, so you might want to also look at Pligg, which is more Digg-like.
3. bill wrote on December 13th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
What do you mean all morning? It’s 9 o’clock in the evening this side of the pond, and Reddit’s been out ALL DAY. We live in a global world people, with many time zones.
On a positive note though, I found this weird site called Digg today (I’d heard rumours before, but never found the courage to check it out ). Believe it or not, it’s similar to Reddit, though it loads a mite slow. Who would have thunk?
4. Kirk wrote on December 13th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
Sorry Bill, I tend to write from my own perspective. I know, that’s not very global of me. If the update is correct then Reddit will probably be out until at least tomorrow.
Looks like I’ll have to give that Digg thing a try.
5. mike g wrote on December 13th, 2006 at 4:39 pm
I actually got some work done. I wish it would go down more often. So does the guy I work for
6. Kyle Korleski wrote on December 14th, 2006 at 1:58 am
Argh: Hard work never killed anyone (but why take the risk?)
Bill: Chill. We live in a world with different time zones but this is written from the perspective of the author.
Kirk: We all write from our different perspectives. That’s how personal blogging is.
Mike: Yeah, Nicholi was surprised that I actually got some work done too.
7. 1001 Lists To Read Before You Die | Terabell - technology, law, programming and a laugh wrote on August 11th, 2007 at 1:55 am
[...] [...]
8. Another Bill wrote on August 27th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Eek! It’s happened again! Must… read… list…