I'm guessing people are downvoting this comment because they don't want the Redditization of HN. If it's any consolation, that was the first thing I thought as

I'm guessing people are downvoting this comment because they don't want the Redditization of HN. If it's any consolation, that was the first thing I thought as well. I even thought the problems would make some joke reference to the song. However, it seems as if Werner Hett at the Berner Fachhochschule came up with this independently of Jay-Z.