The time difference between OmegaStarScream and Latviand's comment was 7 minutes, bitcointalk was down for less than 7 minutes.

There were a few more posts in between those 2, but indeed, it was about 7 minutes between post 62787410 and post 62787411.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is there even a reason for anyone to DDoS Bitcointalk knowing that there is no other close competitor anyway? Lol.

One can only speculate, but a DDOS is what forced theymos to move to Cloudflare. Cloudflare is terrible for privacy:

I especially dislike Cloudflare, which I'm almost certain is basically owned by US intelligence agencies.

Cloudflare is very probably an NSA honeypot

For all I know it's like the tire repair guy who scatters thumb tacks on the road.