Reddit is down, as an error message tells users to ‘try again later’

Image by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit isn’t working for most users right now. The site isn’t loading and displays an error message reading, “Oops, something went wrong, please try again later.”
Reddit is aware of the issue and says the site will be back “shortly.” At 12:52PM ET, the platform made an update on its status page, saying, “An issue with a Reddit backend has impacted many users on our site.” As of 1:14PM ET, the site said it has &ldquo