Then you're one of the users who knows the right thing to do, and I applaud you.
There's just too many who post first and look later, especially when the server's doing what it's doing (migrating). It results in pages upon pages of "http down!", "my site doesn't load", "THIS HOST SUCKS", etc.
Personally I'd rather just lock the free hosting forum and have the "new topic" button redirect to a page that says in size 72 font "THE SERVER IS BEING MOVED. WE ARE AWARE THAT HTTP AND MOST ACCOUNTS ARE DOWN. THANK YOU."
Then again, I'm an extremist (obviously :happysad
. Which is why I'm not a mod/admin.
Edit: Minor thought that isn't all that extreme - make the free hosting's new topic button redirect to
http://forums.x10hosting.com/showthread.php?t=19038