dang et al,

"Service X is down" is not "news". Kinda feels like points-farming.

Anyone caring that X works is gonna know it's down - they can't work! And probably why they are at HN ;)

HN as an "is service X down?" detector is less reliable than trying the actual service :)

If HN is gonna keep letting people post "X is down" no worries. But it seems worth a flag.