Reddit down: Site not working as pages fail to load and error messages appear

Company said it was aware of the issues

A sign hangs on the door of an office at Reddit headquarters in San Francisco, California April 15, 2014 (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith)

Reddit has stopped working for at least some users, who are being greeted by error messages and blank pages.

The site said it was aware of the incident and that it is being investigated. It didn't give any indication of the cause of the problems or how long they might take to be fixed.

Where posts on the site would usually appear, users were instead greeted with a message saying "Sorry, for some reason reddit can't be reached".

Another pop-up appeared at the bottom of the screen that simply read: "Sorry, we couldn't load posts for this page".

Though those error messages included a "reload" button, pressing it or refreshing the page in other ways did not seem to have any effect.

The website Down Detector logged hundreds of complaints from users unable to reach the site.

Reports of problems were particularly focused in the UK and the east coast of the US, though that might simply be an indication of where most people are trying to access it from.

Not every user appeared to be hit by the problems, with some apparently able to browse without problems. Others found the site appeared to work – but then broke while it was being used.