Apologies, BlockBot took an unauthorized leave of absence and only after driving for an hour around the streets of Soho did I catch her stumbling out of a bar of questionable repute. We've had words - it shouldn't happen again. This job takes it's toll on her.
It's really not "constant" as some people in the thread have claimed. BlockBot's uptime is somewhere around 85-90%. If it were constant there would be a lot more threads like this.
realistically what is the actual reason for the occasional lack of something to handle all the idiots on irc