https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/8chan-is-all-the-way-down-its-dns-its-always-dns/

Earlier today in the Ars Technica staff Slack channel, a call went out—"is 8chan down for other people? I can't get it to load anymore." This brings up the interesting question of how to check where and why a site might be down, as well as whether it can even load for anyone.

But first a little background.