How are we able to have discussions on this article when it links me to a page that says: "503 Service Unavailable": >The server is temporarily unable to servi

How are we able to have discussions on this article when it links me to a page that says: "503 Service Unavailable": >The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. I mean it's just text right? How hard can that be to serve in high volume? Oh did they get politically DDoS'ed?