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It's just completely irrelevant to the article. Would you have posted a comment if your ISP was down?
by davedx 3y ago
It's just completely irrelevant to the article. Would you have posted a comment if your ISP was down?
- fortyseven 3y agoIf my ISP was hosting the page, sure. The article is the thing. And if you can't read the article due to false positives around how the article is hosted, how in the hell is that irrelevant? "I got mine, screw you." is a disappointing lifestyle choice.
- soneca 3y agoFor me it is completely relevant to the article because it make it impossible for me to read for no legitimate reason. Even if the site was down for everyone I would comment. Lots of people comment about “hug of death”, for example, and I find it very useful. I know it is not me and I can find an alternative. And since it’s not down for everyone, only a few, for a new, odd, technical reason, I find it even more relevant to comment about it. Just like it is useful when people comment when a site is not accessible from a certain country, like BBC sometimes or some YouTube video. I see these comments often on HN and I always find them useful. They also usually are among the top comments, so likely not downvoted. That said, I was premature in editing the comment to show my surprise in being downvoting. That, indeed, is against HN etiquete and also it was just some temporary state, since I got many more upvoted since then.