A lot of them got fooled by the caching; pages for signed-out users are cached heavily and those kept returning successful responses even if the actual backend server was down.
This site also got it right: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/hacker-news
I believe it's because they accept user reports.
This site also got it right: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/hacker-news
I believe it's because they accept user reports.