Whaaa? I guess I can see that, in the sense that chatting and/or blowing off steam may have psychological benefits, but we're both just killing time here. Don't kid yourself.
I've learned a lot on HN, and I think learning is important, ergo I think HN is important.
Which is why I have a backup of it in case this happens again.
Important, absolutely – important as in critical service requiring 100% uptime? Not so much.