All they'd have to do is have a simple checkbox to disable it for whomever would like to disable it, if it became a problem. I'm running a dedicated server right from my house, on a measely (and ridiculously slow) DSL connection and have never had any problems. It's not even that robust of a server, but hell, the entire forum runs from RAM alone, pretty much. I rarely even see the HDD light flicker, if ever. (unless it's doing backups or something) Granted, I don't normally have 500 members, but I have had 793 users online at once, and never had any complaints. (And that was before I even upgraded my server.)
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