I am the only one to see the irony in this? What's the point of posting information about a website that is down? I can understand if its a service like Skype but digg...
I think it can be a big deal when Digg is down. While a lot of the content is junk, they do have some gems. Check out this link from this morning:
http://www.danielmorin.com/blog/2007/08/27/another-indicatio... (disclosure: my blog)
Obviously this only applies if the outtage is a result of problem with their infrastructure or software.
my 2 cents.