I furthermore don't think upvotes/downvotes playout well with this sort of content. It's obviously low-to-zero-value, but it attracts "hey, me too" type upvotes of people saying they observed this super obvious and dumb thing too. I think that factor ends up with a very low-quality post in general.
People who are interested in github will find out by using github and seeing a very clearly identifying unicorn with complete message and status page.
This provides no value or discussion. The likely post-mortem will be interesting, but until then, nothing to see here.