Yeah I'm a bit puzzled by the intentions behind sharing the link of a site that's down. There are two outcomes behind clicking it: 1. it's down, just like the

Yeah I'm a bit puzzled by the intentions behind sharing the link of a site that's down. There are two outcomes behind clicking it: 1. it's down, just like the title of the HN submission says 2. it's up, ok I guess they fixed it? Neither are particularly interesting or useful. If there's something nefarious behind it - someone DDOSing the site or it being taken down by court order or something - then a story on that would be worth submitting.