As expected, people unhappy with us existing and being mentioned in news articles can't help themselves and attempt to DDoS us in response. Undoubtedly in this case trying to "make a point" that CloudFlare is "necessary" against that kind of behaviour. It isn't.
The forum may be intermittently giving errors until they stop attacking us. It is what it is.
The forum may be intermittently giving errors until they stop attacking us. It is what it is.