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Can you explain to me why reddit feels like it is held together with duct tape? IMHO, it has the most problems with site uptime and basic functionality of any major site on the net. I am always getting search problems, site unavailable, or some other such glitch with it. I can't believe you guys just don't know what you're doing, so what does the present setup offer that is worth this shitty performance?

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> always getting search problems, site unavailable, or some other such glitch

This sounds like my spouse saying "you always...". It's obviously not "always"; I think you'll get a better reply when you quantify it. For example, in the last month, how many times did you get a search problem (which was it), a site unavailable or something else (what was it).

It's about once per session for me. Seriously, compared to every other major site I know of, it is in a class of its own for flaky UX. At least one of the things I describe above per afternoon, lets say. Often many more than one if it is having serious problems. As for the issues with you and your spouse, I will just say it sounds like there is a opportunity for improved communication there. Best of luck.

IIRC I do not think he is part of Reddit's administration team anymore.

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