Alchemer maintains a page that will alert you to any non-operational parts of the application as well as any downgraded performance we are experiencing. We try to keep this page as current as possible, so it is a good place to look if you are experiencing any issues with the application.
http://alchemer.statuspage.io/
You can also subscribe to get email notifications, SMS text, or an RSS feed of these updates in the upper right hand corner of that page.