I don't mind if they ask, but if every 3 chat messages are "is the bot down", "when will osbot be back", "how long has it been down for", etc, it gets pretty annoying. It'd be great if they checked the forums before asking the question, but they never do. If an active or sem-active members asks this question, I wouldn't mind, but people with less than 10 post counts asking this over and over is a whole different story. Even if it is a small restriction like 20 posts to keep leechers out, it would be good.