Is GitHub Down? a.k.a. Angry Unicorn

[dannyow]

"No server is currently available to service your request." :(

[BenjiWiebe]

Much bigger discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41251412

No idea why it's getting pushed farther and farther down the front page despite getting lots of activity.

[dang]

Comments moved thither. Thanks!

[croemer]

Because of many people commenting and possibly being flagged as well.

[frabjoused]

This one also got pushed down. Dang probably isn’t into this kind of post.

[cwillu]

I believe posts that have significantly more comments than upvotes are automatically pushed down.

[seoulmetro]

It's a form of lazy censorship.

[dang]

It's an attempt not to have the site be dominated by flamewars.

[seoulmetro]

No, it's a form of lazy censorship.

Having moderators that do proper jobs is an attempt to not have the site be dominated by flamewars.