this doesn't bode well...

I'm trying to use the AO3, but I'm just getting "Error 502 Page did not respond in a timely fashion. Either you found a page that took too long to render or we're getting more requests right now than we can handle. You can try refreshing the page, the problem may be temporary."

Is this because of the Yuletide sign-up going on? (I'm not trying to do anything challenge related.)