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I did the same. I spent a solid minute trying different things and googling to figure out what was wrong. Checked the status page and bam!

It's still down. :(

Now there is a human Denial of Service attack because everyone is refreshing their pages like theres no tomorrow.

All DOS are because of humans?

When used as an attack, the efficient method is to buy servers or to have a botnet to do it for you.

But a human sets it in motion.