thats been happening for a few days. i think its just due to high load on the server from influx of users(post votes are going way up, so more people are engaging). most times if you refresh it goes right here.

I've seen this quite a bit over the last two days. I would guess hosting servers are struggling to keep up with new traffic.

Which, raises an interesting question. With no revenue to speak of, who is paying for the hosting here? Upgrading hosting plans to accommodate additional web traffic is not cheap.

I just started getting these myself

This place gets DDOS attacked all the time. It's also getting hit hard by traffic and user increases.

I think it's just the amount of traffic. Which means a lot more people coming over.

That's a good thing not a bad thing. :)