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> A significant number of subreddits shifting to private caused some expected stability issues, and we’ve been working on resolving the anticipated issue,” Cal

by sofixa 3y ago

> A significant number of subreddits shifting to private caused some expected stability issues, and we’ve been working on resolving the anticipated issue,” Calling bullshit on that one. If they had expected stability issues, and knew exactly which subreddits will go private and when, how is it possible they had so much "anticipated issues"?

schaefer 3y ago
The world has finite resources... such as man-hours.
- sofixa 3y ago
  Such a critical moment for the future of the company (mass boycott after controversial changes, presumably on the path to IPO; they really don't need any more bad publicity) should be an all hands on deck situation. Again, they've had advanced notice, and knew the full list of subreddits. They should have prepared better.
  - pohl 3y ago
    > should be an all hands on deck situation [The Mythical Man Month has entered the chat]: Nine mothers, all hands on deck, should be able to gestate a baby in 1 month.
    - tiffanyg 3y ago
      At the risk of adding further low quality content, right here and now, this proposed "Mythical Mom Month" book is an intriguing pitch. Do you have a more detailed pitch sheet? :)
  - TillE 3y ago
    You're not going to significantly rewrite a caching system in a matter of days, not if you want to fix more problems than you cause.
falcolas 3y ago
I imagine a previously not-stress-tested component that has to do with searches/fetches with private subreddits went kaboom. Not too much of a stretch, IMO. A fantastic Schadenfreude generator, regardless.
jedberg 3y ago
My guess is that they knew the caches would get blown out and would have to refill with content from non-blacked out subs, and decided to just take the hit and let it ride, knowing it would recover itself soon enough. I mean, honestly that's probably what I would have done if I were still in charge.
- RSHEPP 3y ago
  And in this case, use it as an opportunity to learn more about the system. Treat it as an experiment.
realusername 3y ago
They have an outage every two weeks maximum so I also call bullshit on that one, Reddit hasn't exactly been the most stable website before.
jklinger410 3y ago
> and knew exactly which subreddits will go private and when As someone who is close to a reddit mod, they did not know which subs would go private
- TheNewsIsHere 3y ago
  I don’t say this snidely, but more than 7,000 subs openly committed to going private in advance of today. I’m sure someone somewhere at Reddit was surprised by sub X or Y going private, but if they were surprised at half the largest subs that went private, then that would be as sad as it is amusing. Edit: typo
gfv 3y ago
When operating a complex system like Reddit, you know that something is going to happen during a significant event, but you generally don't know exactly what will break first. What's worse is that the system evolved as a response to the previous similar event, and what broke now is probably not what had broken in the past.

by sofixa 3y ago

schaefer 3y ago

The world has finite resources... such as man-hours.

sofixa 3y ago
Such a critical moment for the future of the company (mass boycott after controversial changes, presumably on the path to IPO; they really don't need any more bad publicity) should be an all hands on deck situation. Again, they've had advanced notice, and knew the full list of subreddits. They should have prepared better.
- pohl 3y ago
  > should be an all hands on deck situation [The Mythical Man Month has entered the chat]: Nine mothers, all hands on deck, should be able to gestate a baby in 1 month.
  - tiffanyg 3y ago
    At the risk of adding further low quality content, right here and now, this proposed "Mythical Mom Month" book is an intriguing pitch. Do you have a more detailed pitch sheet? :)
- TillE 3y ago
  You're not going to significantly rewrite a caching system in a matter of days, not if you want to fix more problems than you cause.

falcolas 3y ago

I imagine a previously not-stress-tested component that has to do with searches/fetches with private subreddits went kaboom. Not too much of a stretch, IMO. A fantastic Schadenfreude generator, regardless.

jedberg 3y ago

My guess is that they knew the caches would get blown out and would have to refill with content from non-blacked out subs, and decided to just take the hit and let it ride, knowing it would recover itself soon enough. I mean, honestly that's probably what I would have done if I were still in charge.

RSHEPP 3y ago
And in this case, use it as an opportunity to learn more about the system. Treat it as an experiment.

realusername 3y ago

They have an outage every two weeks maximum so I also call bullshit on that one, Reddit hasn't exactly been the most stable website before.

jklinger410 3y ago

> and knew exactly which subreddits will go private and when As someone who is close to a reddit mod, they did not know which subs would go private

TheNewsIsHere 3y ago
I don’t say this snidely, but more than 7,000 subs openly committed to going private in advance of today. I’m sure someone somewhere at Reddit was surprised by sub X or Y going private, but if they were surprised at half the largest subs that went private, then that would be as sad as it is amusing. Edit: typo

gfv 3y ago

When operating a complex system like Reddit, you know that something is going to happen during a significant event, but you generally don't know exactly what will break first. What's worse is that the system evolved as a response to the previous similar event, and what broke now is probably not what had broken in the past.