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There is no single database at the scale reddit operates.

• prophesi 6y ago
  My bad, *a database. I'm pretty sure I saw in an AMA that Reddit has an Accounts database (maybe split further by sharding) which I'd assume holds your settings as well. But I rescind my point; it could very well be attributed to database infrastructure issues, whether that's hitting a shard with stale data, or splitting account settings to its own DB that it can't access when you log in.
• weaksauce 6y ago
  at this point they should have those setting at an equilibrium