For 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

For 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.