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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Reddit users through our website.
- Website Down (62%)
- Errors (27%)
- Sign in (11%)
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 Stockholm
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Website Down | 2 days ago |
 Manchester
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Errors | 3 days ago |
 Istanbul
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Website Down | 3 days ago |
 Edmonton
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Website Down | 8 days ago |
 Pune
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Sign in | 9 days ago |
 Saint-Pierre
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Errors | 9 days ago |
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I’m the quant (@ImtheQuantt) reported@BTV_Cast I get it’s a PTU and yes we’re testing but from spectrum to Reddit the team really left a bad taste.. ship is 100% broken can’t fly it very buggy lighting is messed up (again for a Drake ship) I’m surprised they even let us spawn it and see it in this state
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REC_OOPS (@coopdejoure) reportedNighas on reddit must be a problem. Why does everyone think I be on there???
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hannah (@hannahisstupidd) reportedthe true woman experience is using reddit to find a fix for your broken dyson airwrap and then get muna tickets
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Thomas Jefferson (@Ruinosekai) reported@TheWr13r @amaifuwaa Instagram needs to go with Twitter and Reddit it’s genuinely terrible
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kyw0o (@kyw0o) reported@snvgear I'm down to review this for you on my tiktok and reddit
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Lord Iván Emiro Cañas Gutiérrez 🇬🇧🇻🇪 (@LordCanas) reported@CharlesMullins2 Hi, answering your question I would say No. The viral posts (on Facebook, X, Reddit, etc.) love calling it "quantum levitation" or "reversing a fundamental force" because it sounds dramatic. But the researchers themselves describe it accurately as a tunable quantum vacuum force for nanoscale engineering, not a gravity breakthrough. Bottom line: This is a real, fascinating advance in quantum mechanics and potential nanotech (think better MEMS devices, ultra-low-friction components, or quantum traps). But it's not anti-gravity, and it doesn't point the way there. If we ever crack macroscopic anti-gravity or gravity manipulation, it'll come from a very different corner of physics. No, this is not anti-gravity (or a step toward it). The viral claim you're describing is real science, but massively overhyped in wording. It refers to recent (and some older) demonstrations of a repulsive version of the Casimir force, which can make tiny objects repel each other or "hover" at nanoscale distances without physical contact. That's genuinely cool for quantum physics and nanotechnology, but it has zero connection to gravity or anti-gravity. Quick recap of the actual science (no hype) The Casimir effect (predicted in 1948) is a measurable quantum force between two uncharged, parallel conducting plates (or other surfaces) in a vacuum. It arises from quantum vacuum fluctuations, virtual particles popping in and out of existence in empty space. These fluctuations are restricted between the plates, creating a tiny net attractive pressure that pulls the plates together. It's real, has been experimentally confirmed many times, and becomes significant only at distances of micrometers or less (way smaller than a human hair). Scientists have figured out how to reverse it into repulsion in specific setups: Using different materials (e.g., one surface coated with a low-refractive-index dielectric like Teflon in a fluid medium). Chiral (twisted) optical materials between plates. Ferrofluids (magnetic nanoparticles in liquid) tuned with external magnetic fields. Certain metamaterials or geometry tweaks. In these cases, the vacuum fluctuations produce a repulsive force instead. Experiments have shown tiny gold flakes or other micro-objects stably "hovering" or levitating ~50–200 nanometers above a surface due to the balance of repulsive and attractive Casimir contributions. Recent work (e.g., 2019 experiments and 2024 studies with ferrofluids + magnetic fields) has made this tunable and reversible. The force does indeed come from quantum fluctuations in "empty space itself," as the claim says. And yes, it can enable frictionless microscopic motion or prevent nanoscale parts from sticking together (a big problem in tiny machines). Why this is not anti-gravity Completely different forces. Gravity is the attraction between masses (or spacetime curvature in general relativity). The Casimir force is a quantum electromagnetic effect from the vacuum's zero-point energy in quantum electrodynamics (QED). It has nothing to do with mass or gravitational fields. Repulsive Casimir doesn't "cancel" or manipulate gravity any more than magnetic repulsion does. Scale and strength. At the microscopic scales where this works, gravity is insanely weak compared to Casimir forces (by many orders of magnitude). The "hovering" you see in lab demos isn't fighting Earth's gravity, it's balancing short-range quantum forces against each other (or against other tiny effects like Van Der Waals). I couldn't use this to levitate even a speck of dust against planetary gravity. No pathway to anti-gravity tech. Anti-gravity would require something like negative mass/energy, wormholes, or manipulating spacetime on macroscopic scales, none of which this touches. Vacuum fluctuations do relate to big cosmological mysteries (like dark energy), but reversing Casimir locally in QED setups doesn't advance gravitational control or unification theories. Claims linking this directly to "anti-gravity" appear only in social-media hype or fringe posts, not in the actual physics.
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Aleksandr Fulha (@fulhadev) reported@paraschopra ran this stack 6 months. ~70% of agent-mined unmet needs are semrush ghosts: search volume from researchers, not buyers. landing pages flatline. fix: verifier scrapes 10 real complaints from reddit per signal before any funnel spin-up. cuts the overnight-budget burn.
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Shraddha (@ShraddhaShips) reportedDay 16 of my journey 🚀 learning something new about distribution every day most indie makers building AI tools skip this step: they build → launch → wonder why no one shows up the fix is boring but it works: pick ONE channel, go deep, stay consistent Reddit, a niche newsletter, a Discord, doesn't matter which just don't try all of them at once
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Depresso Martini ♥︎♡︎ (@algorithmsayshi) reportedSwitched home internet providers cause Telstra were actually insane lmao but now when connected to my AGL wifi it doesn't let me watch any NBA on my NBA app and this message just shows up. I have tried trouble shooting it and I've even ventured onto Reddit for help but nothing works 😩🥴 I literally pay a yearly fee to watch NBA games so not sure why they're cockblocking me! I've turned VPN **** off and on. I can watch when my wifi is off still 😣
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ꨄ (@solo_joint) reportedAnd they dont have to go far them ****** on reddit already have it down to the block
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Nakli Music (@MusicNakli) reported@PiyushPras16348 @ajay_2512x i am from mp and fees ka as such issue nahi hai kyuki medhavi scheme of my state i am just worried bcz on reddit i saw so many statments like no amazon comes to dharwadd only small startups
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Julius (@_juliushere) reported6. Comments are the cheat code. Not spam comments. Real answers. Posts are risky. Comments are easier. Find someone asking about the problem you know. Give a useful answer. No pitch. No link. Do this for weeks. That’s how Reddit trust starts.
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Satyam (@sattyyouneed) reportedputting “reddit” at the end of every question i have on google cuz i will never trust an AI i need John from 13 years ago that has the same problem as me to solve it
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🍞Marupan🍞 (@marupan_desu) reported@LizzieHasAGat Reddit is down the hall, buddy
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Will 🍳 (@WillTheSkillet2) reported@statmuse Reddit benched him for Luka’s waterboy down 3 with the game on the line
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Obsidian (@ObsidianRayyne) reported@TTepatti @prolifefrenchie Maybe stay out of things you don’t understand because you have a pea brain that only thinks in black and white and hangs out in echo chambers. Reddit is down the hall kiddo.
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Martin (@MartinTweats) reported@asksalottle @hage8675309 @Thiohna Reddit is down the hall and to the left.
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BeautyFull Stretch (@BeautyFullXXX) reportedDay 11. Over 72k views & STILL no human response on Ticket NZVLN3-X45XN. 🤯 For a massive site to ignore a 100% compliant, high-engagement creator for 11 days while my business loses real revenue to a bot error is unacceptable. It’s time for a manual review. @Reddit
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Moo!!! 🐄🔞:3 (@MooMooZooPalz) reported@KonnerwithaK reddit is down the hall and to the left
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suzanne patricia lik (@patye91) reportedA few days ago, someone from my community told me they'd been on Reddit for a whole year with nothing to show for it. No clients. Nothing. So I looked at their profile. The problem was clear immediately. They were in the wrong subreddits for their niche. Not just a few — all of them were wrong. So no matter how much they showed up, they were talking to the wrong people. They were commenting under the wrong posts too. Instead of jumping into threads where people had a specific problem, they were responding to general questions where nobody was really looking to hire anyone. Their posts had no clear direction. They didn't know what to share, what format worked, or even which subreddit to post in. So everything felt scattered. And their profile said nothing about who they were. No name, nothing about what they do or for a potential client to hold onto. So we fixed it together in one week: ✅ They joined the right subreddits for their niche ✅ We looked at what kind of posts actually performed and built a simple structure around that — turns out detailed posts showing real results worked best ✅ They started commenting under posts where people were actively looking for a solution Things have already started to shift. I'll come back with a full update soon.
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Searchless.ai (@searchless_ai) reported@bree_sharp The Reddit problem is deeper than most realize. 40% of AI citations pulling from a platform where brand participation is actively penalized means the entire GEO playbook most agencies are selling is built on sand. The real opportunity isn't getting cited on Reddit. It's building the kind of original research and data that LLMs prefer over forum threads. Our data shows cited domains with proprietary datasets get 3-4x more AI referrals than those quoting secondary sources.
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🧸🌻 VEE !!! (@Veemimis) reported@Jolo_AITSF Important **** going down on aitsf reddit i need to get in on tje action
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Shadow D. Xebec (@ShadowDxebec) reported@TheRuzzleHybrid @Pirat_Nation I am one of the mods of this website. We are promoting it on twitter and reddit. We need user traffic otherwise we have to shut down the site because of lack of funding.
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Serapher (@Serapher_PGR) reported@BASEDPLAYER0 I DREAM of the day the FBI shuts down reddit permanantly
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Gaëtan Caillot (Bambino) (@BambinoShopify) reportedGo where your customers are, for free Reddit, Discord, Skool, X, TikTok niches Your customers are already there talking about their problems Be useful, not salesy After 1 month, you're naturally seen as the expert Replace 1 macro influencer with 50 micros A macro at $5K brings you 10 sales 50 micros at 1 free product bring you 200 sales Same content, 20x more conversion, $0 cash A personalized audit for 20 stores Instead of burning $500 on Meta for a CPM You DM a real free audit with 3 concrete levers 30 min per store = direct relationship with a founder = way stronger than an ad Marketing isn't about budget It's about creativity in the face of constraints
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MrAnonymous69🇫🇴 (@MrAn0nym0us69) reported@kumkan_manqoba @mistressdivy Quick reddit search says its shut down
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Chris Munch (@MrMunchWeb) reported@aporiabuilds the exact words your customer uses to describe their problem in amazon reviews and reddit threads are your highest converting headline and most brands never look.
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rick skellman (@rskellman2) reported@okbilly91 fun fact: theres a lost shock video from 2017 where it cuts from an undertale gabe the dog remix to a video where a chicken gets shotgunned down and then back to the remix, and the only evidence it exists is a single reddit comments and this oneyplays clip
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Zac (@realZacRepinski) reported@healthychangez I’ve seen tons of people say they didn’t have any gluten issues while visiting Europe, I’m sure there’s tons of reports and people’s experiences on Reddit as well that can back that
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Sauregurke (@SauregurkeDEV) reportedI used to write app descriptions around features then someone on Reddit asked me 'but what problem does this solve?' I rewrote the whole thing around that one question conversion makes more sense now #buildinpublic #indiedev #iosdev