I'm the owner of the website (just made an account but @consp can confirm). Basically my webhosting provider didn't like all the traffic despite me having bought extra bandwidth. I'm hoping to get it fixed tomorrow
I mentioned that in a comment here and, for reasons I don't understand, was immediately downvoted. I deleted the comment in case there is some sort of HN 404 taboo I'm not aware of.
> I mentioned that in a comment here and, for reasons I don't understand, was immediately downvoted. I deleted the comment in case there is some sort of HN 404 taboo I'm not aware of.
It's good to reflect on whether a comment that you posted that is downvoted really is problematic in some way, and if you see a real problem with that reflection to delete or edit it, but you shouldn't delete a comment when you don't understand a downvote because, frankly, lots of good posts get stray early downvotes, and that usually gets corrected over time.
> I deleted the comment in case there is some sort of HN 404 taboo I'm not aware of.
Never do this. If someone doesn't like your comment, then you are just letting them win by removing it. That's exactly what they want: for the comment not to exist. Don't give them the satisfaction; people who engage in censorship practices don't deserve it.
