Upvoting also "saves" an article. If you look at your profile, all the posts that you upvoted are listed under a link titled "Saved stories". Voting is also int

Upvoting also "saves" an article. If you look at your profile, all the posts that you upvoted are listed under a link titled "Saved stories". Voting is also intended as a save this for later. It's not unreasonable to think that some people will save this story for later, even if the site is down.