Anytime things get spicy it happens. I can't remember a time when it didn't. Whether it's attacks against the site or the server going down from too much activity I don't know. I go to a few different sites when Voat is down: Poal and Ruqqus are two of them.  We have a backup sub on Poal and a 'guild' on Ruqqus https://ruqqus.com/+QStorm . I still prefer the layout and news feed on this site to any others, so I always come back despite the interruptions.