Tumblr Takes Website Down to Work on Technical Problem

Tumblr has been suffering service problems for nearly three hours, according to DownRightNow. About an hour ago, Tumblr confirmed that user were having trouble accessing the site. Shortly thereafter, the company tweeted that it had "taken the site down in order to resolve a network issue."

Tumblr CEO David Karp via Wikimedia Commons

Tumblr has taken its site offline to work on a major technical problem, the company said.

Tumblr has been suffering service problems for nearly three hours, according to DownRightNow. About an hour ago, Tumblr confirmed that users were having trouble accessing the site. Shortly thereafter, the company tweeted that it had “taken the site down in order to resolve a network issue.”

The platform has struggled with downtime in the past.

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