Note that Reddit has had a rise in the number of 503 error during peak times.
One would think that would be the priority for spending the $50M.
Indeed it is. I thought I might have been shadow-banned or something, but good to hear that I'm not alone!
Make it alive!
Seriously, its high time we need a Reddit substitute now. Even Facebook has G+ and Twitter to compete with, but Reddit is still a natural monopoly. Except perhaps Hacker news, but it doesn't have as many features.