Ask HN: Why do so many post that YouTube is down?
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A site like you-tube rarely goes down, and when it does happen I'm sure anyone would wonder if they are the only one.
> Is a service interruption in YouTube (or any service) really that noteworthy?
To answer, we need to discuss the context in which such comments appear. What other comments would be displaced by comments about the state of YouTube? How about comments about comments about the state of YouTube -- comments like yours? Or how about comments about comments about comments about the state of YouTube -- comments like mine?
> ... everyone else is unaffected by such an outage so we don't gain much by knowing about it.
You might have thought of that before posting.
To answer, we need to discuss the context in which such comments appear. What other comments would be displaced by comments about the state of YouTube? How about comments about comments about the state of YouTube -- comments like yours? Or how about comments about comments about comments about the state of YouTube -- comments like mine?
> ... everyone else is unaffected by such an outage so we don't gain much by knowing about it.
You might have thought of that before posting.
Is a service interruption in YouTube (or any service) really that noteworthy? Is there a benefit to posting/discussing on HN when YouTube is down? If YouTube is down people will obviously figure that out when/if they try to access it - everyone else is unaffected by such an outage so we don't gain much by knowing about it.