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Deepseek is Down!

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Shitcoinfinder@reddit

OpenAi Vengeance?
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ClaudiaBaran@reddit

They are jealous and asked NSA for help...
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Personal_Story_4853@reddit

I hope DS recovers 😪   It's free, it's open source, and it made silicon valley folks shit their pants. what else could I ask for? I prey they continue improving deepseek and also add a donation option cuz I'd def support them.
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chinga-te@reddit

I beg to differ, I am a silicon valley folk.. I have yet to shat thy pants. I too, like u/samaltman, give respect to innovation, regardless of where it comes from... China, Mars (eh Martians), etc... The only roadblocks are those that are afraid of not having control is what slows evolution. No one should limit innovation AND evolution.
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Final-Sprinkles-4860@reddit

Slow progress is the deep wisdom that future civilizations are going to learn from our mistakes.
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Personal_Story_4853@reddit

By "silicon valley folks" I meant multi-billion dollar shareholders of big tech, CEOs, etc. If you are really one of those groups then respect to you for respecting the competition.  About Altman part, however, I'm afraid he has joined the dark side a long time ago. OpenAi is no longer Open and recently they have announced that they are going go public and make billions of profit.  Altman took a part in forcing a bill to the governments that makes any AI development and research illegal by the average hobbyist through fear mongering and manipulting people and also a heck ton of lobbying.   And about his recent statements, it's more like typing "gg" at the end of an online game when the opponent beat you so bad that they legit deserve a gg, and besides what else could he say in this situation it's not like open Ai is already accusing DeepSeek of data scrapping  & distillation and and committing large scale crawl attacks on DS servers behind the curtains.
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ClaudiaBaran@reddit

Third day and my API Key in Cline is useless, even on openrouter DS struggle, it seems like media provoked gold rush for DS. Can wait but I am sure they will recover.
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Impressive_Dust9200@reddit

Valid
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lunamarya@reddit

You can just do things - Sam Altman
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quedato@reddit

I don't doubt it
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hollow_knight09@reddit

me neither
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VetWithIssues@reddit

It does not seem to be working.
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CoreCSharp@reddit

I guess Chat-GPT is getting attacked now by Deepseek LOL because it is running slower than a Llama can spit :)
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ClueStriking3380@reddit

"Our website is currently under maintenance." How I can buy APIs now?
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Wintermute5791@reddit

Personally I don't care if it's down, up, or sideways. The fact that it exists alone has made me $5k+ before the market even opens :)
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Baphaddon@reddit

Lmao did you buy puts on NVDA?
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Wintermute5791@reddit

Held them since last week. :)
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Baphaddon@reddit

WELL PLAYED
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Baphaddon@reddit

Betting against Pelosi is a mad strat
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chinga-te@reddit

Don't be suspicious... don't be suspicious... Are WE turning into China by restricting access? No immigrants, no outside AI tech! Next thing you know, Diet Cokes are $1,000 each!
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Careless-Awareness-4@reddit

Deep Seek is working if you turn off search mode!. I have to finish editing my book as fast as possible we never know if there's going to be another Cyber attack. 
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MINEOGO@reddit

Yo they're getting DDoS attacked maybe it'll take some time to get on back
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Inevitable-Bench192@reddit

if you use both R1 and search it'll cause issues just use R1 it'll be fine
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sylvialyth@reddit

same rn
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Inevitable-Bench192@reddit

servers have been really bad since yesterday I am using Gemini 2.0 Flash RN
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sylvialyth@reddit

it was working with me till now but it's gone again :<
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Inevitable-Bench192@reddit

use qwen for now its good as well very similar to deepseek [https://chat.qwenlm.ai/](https://chat.qwenlm.ai/)
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CrazyKPOPLady@reddit

R1 alone is giving me the same server busy error.
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Inevitable-Bench192@reddit

yes RN it is doing so use perplexity's pro search with R1 but they have like 3 only in free version farm multiple accounts until deepseek gets their server issues sorted If only I had a RTX 5090 and Ryzen threadripper lying in a corner in my room😂😂😂😂wouldnt have to wait for deepseek's server
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CoreCSharp@reddit

Deepseek says no outages on the chat side today but it's still down at least here in the US.
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xoxoxuserthrowaway@reddit

Every anti-DeepSeek propaganda message comes from the US. I hope you all know who is behind these attacks.
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CoreCSharp@reddit

I dont think so to be honest. Im in the US and love deepseek, it's actually faster and more correct than chat-gpt. Sure there are probably a lot of Americans that have deepseek (why, I have not clue) but I guarantee you there are a lot of Chinese who have chat-gpt as well (why, I have still no clue) :) These are services that help us as mankind advance, gain knowledge, produce new "things"! It should not be hated but then again, people who only have one thing on their mind, Money, Power, Being above everyone else, these are the people who hate everything unless it is personal gain!
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Jamzoo555@reddit

I think this person means that because DeepSeek is upending the AI market with their quick and successful entrance combined with the low cost and open source model means means that envyious American companies are trying to hurt DeepSeek due to the implications it brings. It has become harder for AI firms to justify billion dollar investment when DeepSeek reportedly was made for under 6 million dollars. The US currently limits the types of AI chips that China can acquire, meaning they can't compute as much as we can. It's surprising because for much less money and using less powerful hardware, DeepSeek has made a service that is rivaling the billion dollar giants. NVIDIA's stock has taken a sharp hit from to this, due to the implication that AI doesn't need all that compute power and can be done ultra efficiently as DeepSeek has shown. There's a lot of counter argument to what's stated above, but that's what the user means when they speak to ill will from the US. Deepseek is very popular in the US, and that's exactly what the US companies don't like.
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CoreCSharp@reddit

True, I just think its so unnecessary for these large companies to hire hackers and destroy advancement for humanity no matter what country is creating the service. Sure China might depress free speech but the US isnt much better with wanting to control everything. It causes issues for us regular mortals who want to use the service, advance and learn with it. Governments are the problem and big corporations. They are all about profit and power not advancement, learning for all freely.
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Mudblood_9-3Qs@reddit

Why do some Americans hate Deepseek? Because Deepseek going mainstream just led to a lot of people losing a whole lotta money–Nvidia's stock plummeted by $600B. Yes, that's the largest market drop in history. Not to mention the upcoming partnership between OpenAI and Trump, as well as the power of the tech companies here in the U.S. that rivals their ego–it is no surprise that certain Americans are losing their minds over Deepseek (I am not one of them).
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Ok_Lettuce_7643@reddit

"Oops! DeepSeek is experiencing high traffic at the moment. Please check back in a little while." probably disrupted due to the Chinese New Year and reduced maintenance staff.
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Level_Let_7524@reddit

And the cyber attack Mam i feel bad for them
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Awkward_Box4707@reddit

It's not working for me either. I suspect it's a scalability issue following last weekend's news.
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torijinsir@reddit

It's DDoS attack from US IP since Jan 3rd and mass attack from 27th. Their security company announced it.
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Professional-Term835@reddit

Still not working.
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pliskinito@reddit

Is not nor currently working for me, it says it busy. For anyone not using a Gmail account, is it working ?
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Juanrodrigo1@reddit

Fuckyou YANKES!!!
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omnislash6669@reddit

As an American, I can genuinely say: fair.
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Impressive_Dust9200@reddit

Agree
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Glittering_Eagle2982@reddit

Deepsink
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simonjcarr@reddit

When were taling about $500,000,000,000 I wouldn't supprise me if the US had taken them down in some way.
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Thatl_Do_Dunkey@reddit

came here to say this
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FearlessMidnight8418@reddit

Absolutely !!!!!
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Ill_Yogurtcloset8703@reddit

It is down, not working. I want to cry 😭
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Sonnybass96@reddit

They keep showing that Server is busy try again later
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darkbits006@reddit

When will it work😭
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Careless-Awareness-4@reddit

First RedNote, now Deep Seek. Trump and his Tech Bro cronies are freaking out 😂  This has nothing to do with "trust issues."   Tech stock fell considerably, they lost a lot of money. I'm here for it. Got my popcorn.   I hope that it's fixed, in this economy coming up with the money to pay chat GPT every month to help edit my books is hard.   Deep seek is incredible. Much better than chat GPT.   I believe if China continues with this path that we continue with this path they will be the superpower. They're incredibly innovative and figure out how to make these apps on a budget. The fact that deep-seek is open source Is refreshing. 
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CoreCSharp@reddit

Hackers united! PLEASE, leave these services alone! They contribute to advancements in many many genres including edumakation! :-) Besides, I was learning about SQL and Unity when you all took it down hehe...
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Anxious-Screen-4989@reddit

website still not working
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CoreCSharp@reddit

Yupp, it is SOOOO STUPID of so called hackers to send DDOS attacks and other attacks on services such as chat-gpt, deepseek etc. This is just STUPID!
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EzioMarshall@reddit

is this happened to open ai before?
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No_Assistance_7508@reddit

I use DeepSeek in [https://labs.perplexity.ai/](https://labs.perplexity.ai/) now if the official website down!
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CrazyKPOPLady@reddit

Even if it works, it won't have my lengthy thread history in it where I'm researching a project.
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Akita_Attribute@reddit

Seems broken.
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Then_Fruit_3621@reddit

local model fell down?
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CrazyKPOPLady@reddit

RIP to the millions of people who have basic computers and mobile devices. Like me.
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Ok-Reference-342@reddit

# 1. Large-Scale Cyberattacks The company confirmed that its services were targeted by coordinated malicious attacks, prompting temporary restrictions on new user registrations to mitigate further damage. These attacks coincided with DeepSeek's AI Assistant surpassing ChatGPT in U.S. App Store downloads, potentially attracting cybercriminals aiming to disrupt its operations 127. The attacks affected both the website's API and login functionality, leading to partial outages and degraded performance 411. # 2. Overwhelming User Demand DeepSeek's sudden rise to the top of app store charts—driven by its cost-effective AI models (DeepSeek-R1 and V3) and competitive performance—resulted in unprecedented traffic. This surge strained infrastructure, causing intermittent outages and registration bottlenecks. The company described the situation as "registration may be busy" for new users, while existing users retained access 279. Technical challenges, such as sudden traffic spikes and system upgrades, were also cited as contributing factors 6. # 3. Geographic Restrictions on Registrations To stabilize services, DeepSeek limited new sign-ups to users with mainland China (+86) phone numbers. This measure aimed to curb malicious activity and manage the influx of global users. However, this restriction raised concerns about accessibility and data security 78. # 4. Ongoing Mitigation Efforts DeepSeek's team resolved API and login issues by January 27 but continues to monitor systems closely. Collaborations with cybersecurity experts are underway to enhance defenses and evaluate the attack's impact. The company has not disclosed specifics about the attackers or the attack's nature 111. # 5. Market Impact The disruptions occurred alongside a significant drop in U.S. tech stocks, particularly Nvidia, which lost over $500 billion in value. Investors reacted to DeepSeek's low-cost AI models, which challenge the dominance of U.S. firms like OpenAI and Google 79. # Key Takeaways: * **Cause**: Cyberattacks + traffic surge from global adoption. * **Response**: Registration limits, infrastructure fixes, and cybersecurity partnerships. * **Status**: Services are partially restored, but new sign-ups remain restricted 17. For real-time updates, refer to DeepSeek’s [status page](https://status.deepseek.com/) 
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Tee_See@reddit

It's pretty obvious who these attackers are.
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Ok-Reference-342@reddit

as usual USA attacks on anyone tries to do something for others' benefits. it is like a big stupid bully. Yesterday I tried to login as usual with my google account, I could not login anymore, then I decided to create another account with another email and today I can not login with both
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Busy_Animal_3549@reddit

anyone here can refer me i am good at mern stack , java backend and very good at dsa and competitive programming ..please ... my resume link [https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yIHZ3Mw3gOPO2zvjQAuPKwgysXOzFqw/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yIHZ3Mw3gOPO2zvjQAuPKwgysXOzFqw/view?usp=sharing)
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ContributionSouth253@reddit

It is not answering any queries at all
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Key-Space100@reddit

They say that they were the target of an large scale attack and so the API it's degraded. Basically i think that they were DDOS'ed
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Critical_Awareness37@reddit

It’s still down..
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Every_Vast_1910@reddit

Is there any remote website that is also hosting deepseek weights?
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External_Mood4719@reddit (OP)

you mean other providers? other providers will more expensive
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pz6c@reddit

It seems the openrouter hosts are up and Dontseek.com is up
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avitakesit@reddit

So let me get this straight, you expected a Chinese service to be reliable? Lol...
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vitololololo@reddit

It's not working, I got scammed I was trying to get my exams answers and I didn't get answer as high traffic 🥲🥲🥲
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Sad-Willow8863@reddit

Looks like deepseek is getting ddos’d by high volume of queries. Likely from both actual inquiries due to the publicity and some bad actors.
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Ok_Pick2991@reddit

It’s so weird I read all these articles on this amazing new AI from China that only cost 6 million. Then I try to use it and it doesn’t work.. conveniently after the market dipped due to the hype. Strange lol
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Dizzy-Ease4193@reddit

Inference infrastructure (the cloud) is expensive when you have a popular service 😂
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Prestigious-Ad246@reddit

People are about to find out why $billions are spent on data centres lmao.
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TheTexasDemocrat@reddit

As why my aunt created all of them for Microsoft. Every single one.
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Reasonable-Climate66@reddit

well, remind me of openai when they just launched. They just need to buy more GPUs and spend more money. 😁😁😁🤣
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Ok_Lettuce_7643@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/g6mt756xjkfe1.png?width=860&format=png&auto=webp&s=503e995b79ef057bcc81a3908f3a2211d4ef6ccb
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Maleficent-Sort6768@reddit

And here is the problem. They might not be able to handle the traffic. We will see. Yes, it's not working for me either.
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Excellent-Sense7244@reddit

It's down for me
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wooloomulu@reddit

Sam “booboo” Altman is at it again
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Famous_Evidence_1481@reddit

It just boomed every fucker on this planet has known about it by now.
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SerjKalinovsky@reddit

growing pains
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Expensive_Archer2093@reddit

Such interest can be considered a huge success. I believe they will purchase additional capacities in the coming days, and everything will be fine
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RedX914@reddit

down again
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Designer-Quantity137@reddit

same here, r1 won't work both on mobile and web. but sometimes the base model works, but it's on and off
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Frankdaphone@reddit

P
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Ok_Lettuce_7643@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/bcv693rdiife1.png?width=914&format=png&auto=webp&s=9e7494762ea256ec945f0696ed9a07f5b7830f76 DeepFeek... -\_- (since this weekend)
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SeaShell-Float@reddit

Not working
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BrotherMotherFather@reddit

Still not working/ api's have become really slow even though status page says its back to normal. Everyone else facing issues too.
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Misha_Vozduh@reddit

Heh, just jumped on this yesterday due to all the hype (gave $2 to them to try the API out) and was wondering if I'm messing up some setting in SillyTavern. So far, can't get connected at all.
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maddogawl@reddit

It’s been a bit off and on for me all day.
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Specter_Origin@reddit

working fine for me.
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External_Mood4719@reddit (OP)

only app or website working but api is down
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Specter_Origin@reddit

You are right, API is down.
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No_Afternoon_4260@reddit

I guess some people want to build datasets
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Specter_Origin@reddit

I literally saw a post on x how there is no rate limit almost and they were hammering it for distillation.
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No_Afternoon_4260@reddit

Hooo no rate limit, I'd say that's a rookie mistake hahaha
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nullmove@reddit

There are absolutely rate limits, OpenRouter hasn't been working for days now.
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Recoil42@reddit

They didn't expect this much attention.
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koumoua01@reddit

The website is really, really busy right now. I have to make multiple tries
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Wintermute5791@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/4pvvtg8nxgfe1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e367a84d6e01b181bedb8d4e493e1b52e97f022
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OriginalPlayerHater@reddit

oh no 😯 sonnete still up just use that
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