I go to Hacker News during major downtimes because it's the most likely place I can visit to find a real technical explanation for why a site is encountering pr

I go to Hacker News during major downtimes because it's the most likely place I can visit to find a real technical explanation for why a site is encountering problems. This site is so closely connected to Silicon Valley, it's not uncommon for "inside story" information to get posted here that's not posted in the media. Discussing downtime events also holds practical value. If we are affected by the outage, having a news entry about downtime on hacker news allows us to share to one another useful information regarding how to respond to it.