Beloved Q &' A site Quora has been spotty all day and is now showing a &''503 Service Unavailable&'' error message when we attempt to access the site.

This is the first time I&'ve experienced the site going down since it was launched in private beta by former Facebookers Adam D&' Angelo and Charlie Cheever in 2010. Its absence has motivated us to use Facebook Questions to try to get further information about the outage (see above).

It&'s a testament to the site&'s burgeoning popularity and a good sign that people are actually noticing its service disruptions.

Update: Looks like it&'s back up! You can resume asking each other smart questions.

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