A theory I read that makes sense is their code/services for handling private/closed subreddit post fetching wasn't very well optimized and so when a record number of subreddits went dark suddenly that portion of their service was overloaded.
That or some other black swan shift in user behavior makes the most sense why it would paradoxically crash during a boycott.
That or some other black swan shift in user behavior makes the most sense why it would paradoxically crash during a boycott.