[amir-h]

Hacker News also got so much slower, is it the load from people hoarding here after not being able to reach FB?

[o10449366]

Either many HN users are in glee over FB's potential demise

...or many HN users are also avid FB users (and now have to resort to backup sources of entertainment)

[uyt]

If I wanted to know if a site is down for everyone or just me, I would check twitter/hn first before checking the down detector sites